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I was enamored with Boston as a city until I moved to Palo Alto a couple weeks ago. Already, I can't imagine ever moving back.
by dangrover 18y ago
I was enamored with Boston as a city until I moved to Palo Alto a couple weeks ago. Already, I can't imagine ever moving back.
- medearis 18y agoI've lived in Palo Alto most of my life and wouldn't want to live anywhere else. You can walk around the main parts of the city and it has somewhat of a community feeling while also being a major hub for tech and innovation.
- hugs 18y agoI liked Palo Alto enough when I lived out there (well, technically right next door in Mountain View), but I could never justify paying a mortgage out there -- unless I was very, very rich (which I'm not--- yet). I moved back to Chicago we're I can get double the house for half the price. The Chicago tech scene is not as huge as Silicon Valley but it's big enough for my needs.
- aaronblohowiak 18y agoKeep your coat for next winter. You will likely be surprised at how cold 50 degrees can feel :)
- pingswept 18y agoI moved from Palo Alto to Cambridge in 2004. My rent decreased by $50, and the size of my house doubled. On the other hand, you're probably sitting outside in the sun eating a tasty burrito.
- baguasquirrel 18y agoThat's nice, but I think that most hackers aren't too concerned with the size of their flat.
- pingswept 18y agoYou're right about that. The point is that living costs are lower in Boston than Silicon Valley. I suspect that most hackers don't care about money directly, but they do care about not having to worry about whether they can pay rent.
- baguasquirrel 18y agoTell me about it. A Stanford buddy and I have been wrangling about how to deal with the sky-high rents that are currently pushing out to EPA. EPA used to be a halfway ok rent refuge. Apparently one of the big apartment leasing companies there, Woodlawn Arms or something, that he leases from, has been facing legal action over some practices that involve shoving out older tenants so that they could reset the rents from ~700 to ~1100.
- dangrover 18y agoGo to Ana's in Davis Square or the MIT student center. Best burritos ever. All the mexican places around here (downtown at least) are hoity toity and expensive.
- mikhael 18y agothough palo alto sucks for mexican food, the best places in SF are far, far above and beyond anything in boston -- anna's doesn't even care to compete. try el farolito or el castillito. my favorite in the boston area is tacos lupita, in somerville (it's where the people who work at anna's eat.)
- zaius 18y agoEww.. read Farolito's health score card and see if you still want to go back there. Walk two blocks west to Papalote's - 24th and Valencia. IMHO, best (cheap) burritos in SF.
- ciscoriordan 18y agoI've eaten many a tasty burrito in Palo Alto -- try Antonio's Nut House on Cal Ave. Also some great burritos at La Bamba on Old Middlefield in MV. The new location on Castro is pretty tasty too. Anna's at MIT definitely holds its own though.
- diN0bot 18y agola tacqueria (aka taco bob's) in union square is excellent. bset vegetarian mexican in the north east. i cant speak for the meat side of things.