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You can think of Cal as the non-med school portion of UCSF. We think of the East Bay as non-SF, but the perceived distance is mostly water psychology. If you gl
by worstspotgain 2y ago
You can think of Cal as the non-med school portion of UCSF. We think of the East Bay as non-SF, but the perceived distance is mostly water psychology. If you glued Emeryville to the SF waterfront, it'd be way closer to downtown than SF State.
I'm not familiar with LA traffic and transit, but I would not be surprised if it took way longer to get to UCLA from the LA City Hall than to Cal from SF's. It's harder to walk there though, at least until 2030.[1]
It's true that SF culture is dispersed, but that's sort of intentional, a hyper-local city of neighborhoods.
[1] https://oaklandside.org/2022/12/20/bay-bridge-bike-path-on-track-for-2030/ https://oaklandside.org/2022/12/20/bay-bridge-bike-path-on-t...
- screye 2y agoNo, Berkeley feels far. Harvard, MIT, NYU, UW, UPenn, ETH Zurich, ICL, UCL...all are in the center of their respective cities. Even Cornell-Tech went out of its way to find a little island (literally) right by mid-town NYC. Berkeley is situated similar to Stevens or Wellesley. They are close enough, but no one is going to go for an evening seminar to these locations on a weekday. NYU or MIT on the other hand, feel effortless to add to a commute back gome.
- worstspotgain 2y agoSure, but it's less than a factor of 2. As of right now, driving: Seattle City Hall to UW: 12mins Boston City Hall to Harvard Square: 14mins LA City Hall to UCLA: 20mins (a bit cheating since it's 100% freeways) SF City Hall to University & Oxford: 24mins NY City Hall to Columbia: 27mins