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I'm not familiar with housing costs in SF, so I'm not sure how considering surrounding areas would change the data, but I know in DC that the surrounding areas
by dkrich 12y ago
I'm not familiar with housing costs in SF, so I'm not sure how considering surrounding areas would change the data, but I know in DC that the surrounding areas are by-and-large as expensive (and in many cases more expensive) than DC-proper.
The point being that whether you consider DC-proper, or DC/Arlington/Bethesda/Silver Spring/McLean doesn't really change things too drastically. Expensive cities tend to be expensive everywhere. I know that in Atlanta, for example, you can live in the city center in a nice place roughly for what it costs to rent an apartment of comparable quality pretty much anywhere in Northern VA. There is a floor (a very high floor) beneath which you will not find quality housing and really not much of a ceiling.
- tomkarlo 12y agoIn SF, some of the immediately adjacent areas (connected by subway) are drastically cheaper, like South SF, Oakland and Alameda. Like 50% of the cost if you look at the median sales prices. There are definitely some expensive suburbs, but they're either to the north in Marin or much further south down the peninsula down by Stanford. It's worth noting that after New York and Brooklyn merged (I think around 1900), SF considered merging with Oakland.