Hi all, looking for advice here. I’ll be moving to the Bay Area soon to join a company in Mountain View. I’m weighing between living in downtown Mountain View near the office, or living in SF near the Caltrain (considering SoMa). I am looking at 2.5 hrs commute VS 15 mins commute here. I don’t drive so not considering other places. I’m 26 and single. Pretty social. I don’t really have friends there. I’ll be moving from NYC. Some people said I should live in MTV since it will be a change of scene from NYC, while some said I will not get used to the suburb life. Given my situation what would you guys choose? And what is/was your experience? Thanks everyone!
SF all the way. It’s suburbs vs the city, so unless you have a family and a dog the city will suit you better (I think).
SF is the most dog friendly city in the US. So, having a dog doesn't stop anyone from living in the city
Totally, more so I just mean the suburbs are built around families. And TBH I think it’s more fair to the dog to live in the suburbs. Plus, I’m fairly certain that the urine smell so many complain about is entirely from dogs, not humans.
As someone who commutes in Seattle, it sucks spending 2.5-3 hours in a day by car. The question is how much time, out of your day, do you want to spend commuting?
And don’t mind the SF haters. Yes the city has its issues, but they’re blown out of proportion by those who don’t live there. Yes there are sometimes needles, but I’ve never been “stabbed” by one, and TBH in 2 years I’ve only seen a few. Yes, the homeless can be challenging, but they won’t hurt you and if you kindly tell them you don’t have spare change they’ll leave you alone. But mostly, the city is beautiful and full of amazing people. (The photo was taken in the Presidio just a few days ago)
Who would anyone waste 2.5 hours on commute if you can just do it in 15! If you value productive time,this probably doesn't need a poll.
Oh and Caltrain is great, but the Google/Apple shuttles make the commute pretty easy. Yes you’ll spend a lot of time commuting. But in my experience if you don’t live in the city, you’ll rarely go there.
I would live in Mountain View. I’ve been doing an hour and a half each way commute every day and it is not fun! You can always drive into the city to do things. Trust me the commute gets old!
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I recommend you live in MTV for the first 6 months, while you settle into your new job. Visit SF regularly during this time to see if you like it enough to take on a 2.5h commute.
Thank you! I think I’m gonna do this
Live near work go to the city on weekends
Prepare to be hit on by 10s of dudes each day or stabbed by 10s of needles depending on what you pick.
As an individual born and raised in Tennessee, this went over my big dumb head. Could someone disambiguate?