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It's worth noting a key difference between Seattle and San Francisco has to do with gentrification and differences between these areas in terms of where you can
by unoti 13y ago
It's worth noting a key difference between Seattle and San Francisco has to do with gentrification and differences between these areas in terms of where you can work and live. It's much more practical to both live and work in downtown Seattle than it is to both live and work in downtown San Francisco. Because of how San Francisco has avoided building as much new housing downtown as Seattle has, SF has forced lower income workers (that is, most people) outside of the city to live. In short, the residents of Seattle are a lot less dependent on their mass transit to survive, or dependent on it in a much different way than we are here in the SF Bay area.
- calbear81 13y agoSeattle's public transportation is definitely in better shape especially since the expansion of the light rail and the constant flow of buses between downtown and the east side (Bellevue). Another big reason is just how convenient it is to ride to the airport from downtown. For $2.75 you can go from any station in downtown right to the airport. Compare that to the ridiculousness of getting to the airport from SF first to Milbrae then pay for a transfer to the airport on another line.
- dencold 13y agoBART goes directly into the SFO airport. If you are taking a flight from the international terminal, it is a direct walk to the check-in counters. Otherwise you connect to the airtrain which is an escalator ride up from the BART platform. I've found it extremely convenient getting to/from flights from San Francisco, although I'm lucky to be within walking distance to a BART station from my apartment.