How do people in the Bay Area LIVE?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I live in SF. I make under six figures and live in a tiny one bedroom. Rent control, though even with that I'll be priced out in a few years. Do you go on vacation a couple of times a year? I don't. I don't really even leave the city. I don't buy fancy things.

But sometimes I reserve one of the conference rooms at work that faces the Bay Bridge and I look at it and am grateful I'm here. Or I go to the Ferry Building on my lunch hour. Or I go for a little hike through GG Park. Three times a week in winter there's a farmer's market I can easily get to.

While sure, I wish to hell I had a bathtub and a dishwasher, I'm not wishing for a McMansion. I'm satisfied shopping at Old Navy and Target's clearance racks. Would I like to have a 2 bedroom condo? Yes. Would I like to be able to shop at Macys? Yes. But I'm okay with how things are. I can do what I want, and not worry one bit about what's popular. People like me for who I am here, not how I dress.

Your life sounds sad.

It sounds sad to you because you prioritize different things than I do.

It's sad because you think the only options are no vacation/dishwasher/space or McMansion.

[Anonymous]

I was in SF recently and was shocked by how dirty it seemed versus what I remembered. Everything looked rundown and sad and there were homeless people everywhere. They don't seem to be putting that tech money to good use.

[Anonymous]

EARTHQUAKE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

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EARTHQUAKE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Honestly, no big deal. No damage or injuries reported. I live 2 miles from the epicenter and my kids and dogs slept through it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was in SF recently and was shocked by how dirty it seemed versus what I remembered. Everything looked rundown and sad and there were homeless people everywhere. They don't seem to be putting that tech money to good use.

I live here and agree. You'd never be able to tell how much money is in this area because it's not invested into anything. Everything is utterly filthy, old, decrepit and dirty. Even areas with $1M houses are down the street or next door to dumps and near homeless hangouts. It's disheartening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:


EARTHQUAKE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Honestly, no big deal. No damage or injuries reported. I live 2 miles from the epicenter and my kids and dogs slept through it.

I woke up about 5 seconds before it started and basically nobody at work slept through it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in SF recently and was shocked by how dirty it seemed versus what I remembered. Everything looked rundown and sad and there were homeless people everywhere. They don't seem to be putting that tech money to good use.

I live here and agree. You'd never be able to tell how much money is in this area because it's not invested into anything. Everything is utterly filthy, old, decrepit and dirty. Even areas with $1M houses are down the street or next door to dumps and near homeless hangouts. It's disheartening.

Maybe it's because I'm from NY before it got cleaned up, but I think SF is very clean for the most part. There are not homeless people "everywhere." All over downtown? Yes. In any neighborhood that's an offshoot from Market Street? Yes. I also find it very, very clean. Every once in a while there's filth and needles and such, but this is a major city!

[Anonymous]

Did you try Redwood City?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in SF recently and was shocked by how dirty it seemed versus what I remembered. Everything looked rundown and sad and there were homeless people everywhere. They don't seem to be putting that tech money to good use.

I live here and agree. You'd never be able to tell how much money is in this area because it's not invested into anything. Everything is utterly filthy, old, decrepit and dirty. Even areas with $1M houses are down the street or next door to dumps and near homeless hangouts. It's disheartening.

Maybe it's because I'm from NY before it got cleaned up, but I think SF is very clean for the most part. There are not homeless people "everywhere." All over downtown? Yes. In any neighborhood that's an offshoot from Market Street? Yes. I also find it very, very clean. Every once in a while there's filth and needles and such, but this is a major city!

what?

You mean for an american city or compared to global competition? I found Sf to be very dingy.

[Anonymous]

Pacifica is where it's at. Foggy, but green, you can drive with views of the ocean every day.

[Anonymous]

Living in the Bay Area now on a $500k hhi. We don't own. We tried but it's a crazy market. Our rent is $4200 a month in a not so desirable part of the East Bay for a 3-bed. We feel stymied and can only imagine how other families making less must feel. Hopeless comes to mind. Plus, the schools really are a mess here. Even the 10/10s for whatever that's worth. And the homeless camps are a heartbreaking reality. So much poverty, filth, and crime. I've had to call 911 several times as a witness to an assault. Yes, the weather is great and the access to the outdoors is amazing but we'll probably bail this summer after 3 years of trying to make it work. Oh, and traffic sucks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in SF recently and was shocked by how dirty it seemed versus what I remembered. Everything looked rundown and sad and there were homeless people everywhere. They don't seem to be putting that tech money to good use.

I live here and agree. You'd never be able to tell how much money is in this area because it's not invested into anything. Everything is utterly filthy, old, decrepit and dirty. Even areas with $1M houses are down the street or next door to dumps and near homeless hangouts. It's disheartening.

Maybe it's because I'm from NY before it got cleaned up, but I think SF is very clean for the most part. There are not homeless people "everywhere." All over downtown? Yes. In any neighborhood that's an offshoot from Market Street? Yes. I also find it very, very clean. Every once in a while there's filth and needles and such, but this is a major city!

what?

You mean for an american city or compared to global competition? I found Sf to be very dingy.

Oh, definitely just compared to other American cities. Though I found Seattle to be beautifully clean this fall when I visited.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Living in the Bay Area now on a $500k hhi. We don't own. We tried but it's a crazy market. Our rent is $4200 a month in a not so desirable part of the East Bay for a 3-bed. We feel stymied and can only imagine how other families making less must feel. Hopeless comes to mind. Plus, the schools really are a mess here. Even the 10/10s for whatever that's worth. And the homeless camps are a heartbreaking reality. So much poverty, filth, and crime. I've had to call 911 several times as a witness to an assault. Yes, the weather is great and the access to the outdoors is amazing but we'll probably bail this summer after 3 years of trying to make it work. Oh, and traffic sucks!

Where will you go next?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Living in the Bay Area now on a $500k hhi. We don't own. We tried but it's a crazy market. Our rent is $4200 a month in a not so desirable part of the East Bay for a 3-bed. We feel stymied and can only imagine how other families making less must feel. Hopeless comes to mind. Plus, the schools really are a mess here. Even the 10/10s for whatever that's worth. And the homeless camps are a heartbreaking reality. So much poverty, filth, and crime. I've had to call 911 several times as a witness to an assault. Yes, the weather is great and the access to the outdoors is amazing but we'll probably bail this summer after 3 years of trying to make it work. Oh, and traffic sucks!

Where will you go next?

Not totally sure yet!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:


EARTHQUAKE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Honestly, no big deal. No damage or injuries reported. I live 2 miles from the epicenter and my kids and dogs slept through it.

+1 People who don't live in CA don't seem to understand that the majority of earthquakes aren't big deals, very little damage. I've lived in CA for 40years and no one I know has died or been injured in earthquakes. Yes, there a few, but CA doesn't have "earthquake" season, whereas the east coast has hurricane season and the middle of the country has its tornado alley, which is pretty seasonal also. From what I can tell, most of the federal disaster aides have gone to tornado or hurricane disasters, hardly ever earthquake disasters.