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It only gets harder if you happen to have kids and are looking for decent schools. Would be interesting to see an infographic like this with both rent and scho

by crgt 12y ago

It only gets harder if you happen to have kids and are looking for decent schools. Would be interesting to see an infographic like this with both rent and school quality included.

ElDiablo666 12y ago
I'd like to see school quality and rent prices broken out by demographics as well, particularly race and ethnicity.
yunong 12y ago
If that's the case, Millbrae is a great stop. It has good schools, a safe downtown with many local shops, and a library. These are all within walking distance of the BART station. As an added bonus the station is the only station that also houses the Caltrain. The only draw back is that a ride to/from say, the Embarcadero can be fairly long at times, sometimes approaching 45 mins off peak. Yes, I know it's only supposed to be 35 mins, but from my experience it's always a bit longer.
dmayle 12y ago
...and commute time. The mission and 24th price quoted at $2.8k is a 15 minute commute to downtown SF compared to a 51 minute commute from the Milbrae at $1.8k. That's $12k over a year compared to 37 work days of extra commute time, which is more than a month and a half of work days over the course of the year. Starting tech salary for a new college grad is what, $110k? With all the free time in the world, it might be worth it, but go up from there and it quickly gets questionable.
- dllthomas 12y ago
  Although commute by transit isn't entirely wasted. Turning some time into dedicated "you should be reading now" time is almost worth paying for. You are still broadly correct, though - people underweight the importance of a short commute.
NDizzle 12y ago
If you have kids and want decent schools you do what I did. Leave the bay area. I'm up in Yuba City now. Full time work from home bay area job.
eloisant 12y ago
The bay area is great when you're young with no kid. As soon as you have kids it's better to move.
- keerthiko 12y ago
  I think you mean the San Francisco area, which, yes, is terrible once you have a family. South Bay (Cupertino/San Jose) and deep East Bay (Fremont/Castro Valley) are relatively safe areas with several good schools. I don't have kids or live in the Bay Area anymore, but I know many people who grew up there and still have younger family growing up there.

by crgt 12y ago

It only gets harder if you happen to have kids and are looking for decent schools. Would be interesting to see an infographic like this with both rent and school quality included.

ElDiablo666 12y ago

I'd like to see school quality and rent prices broken out by demographics as well, particularly race and ethnicity.

yunong 12y ago

If that's the case, Millbrae is a great stop. It has good schools, a safe downtown with many local shops, and a library. These are all within walking distance of the BART station. As an added bonus the station is the only station that also houses the Caltrain. The only draw back is that a ride to/from say, the Embarcadero can be fairly long at times, sometimes approaching 45 mins off peak. Yes, I know it's only supposed to be 35 mins, but from my experience it's always a bit longer.

dmayle 12y ago

...and commute time. The mission and 24th price quoted at $2.8k is a 15 minute commute to downtown SF compared to a 51 minute commute from the Milbrae at $1.8k. That's $12k over a year compared to 37 work days of extra commute time, which is more than a month and a half of work days over the course of the year. Starting tech salary for a new college grad is what, $110k? With all the free time in the world, it might be worth it, but go up from there and it quickly gets questionable.

dllthomas 12y ago
Although commute by transit isn't entirely wasted. Turning some time into dedicated "you should be reading now" time is almost worth paying for. You are still broadly correct, though - people underweight the importance of a short commute.

NDizzle 12y ago

If you have kids and want decent schools you do what I did. Leave the bay area. I'm up in Yuba City now. Full time work from home bay area job.

eloisant 12y ago

The bay area is great when you're young with no kid. As soon as you have kids it's better to move.

keerthiko 12y ago
I think you mean the San Francisco area, which, yes, is terrible once you have a family. South Bay (Cupertino/San Jose) and deep East Bay (Fremont/Castro Valley) are relatively safe areas with several good schools. I don't have kids or live in the Bay Area anymore, but I know many people who grew up there and still have younger family growing up there.