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[HarryDemeanor]

Stay away from Giants fans. I heard they have cooties.

 

[family_guy]

Trying to figure out neighborhoods that are doable on a residents salary (mid 60s). I don't want to live in the hood either. Would be nice if I can bring my car too.

Also need info on basically everything. Can I get some SF101

That's middle class living comfortably where I"m at in Raleigh, NC. San Francisco? lmao Sure, bring your car because that's what you'll be living in.

 

[voodoojohn]

That's middle class living comfortably where I"m at in Raleigh, NC. San Francisco? lmao Sure, bring your car because that's what you'll be living in.

You should calculate the useful information to word ratio of this post. Also, how about that novelty!

 

[beat]

Use Padmapper to look for an apartment. Watch out for scams, which IMO seem to be more often posted on non-Craigslist sites that Padmapper scrapes than on CL itself, but there are still some scams there too.

Parking will cost a lot; you probably shouldn't take your car if you're gonna live in the city.

Ain't nothing wrong with living in outer Richmond or outer Sunset.

Ask if a place you're considering is rent controlled. (Any building built after 1979 won't be, BTW, except Trinity Plaza... I think?) The South Bay mostly does not have rent control, which can lead to some serious price hikes after your year lease is up. If you're gonna be here for a while I would strongly consider going for rent controlled places.

 

[PseudoKirby]

Stay away from Giants fans. I heard they have cooties.

yea, stay away from all spectator sports, just a waste of time.

 

[friday]

I have been surviving on less than $30K a year in Brooklyn so I bet you will be just fine outside of SF at $60K. Does no one know how to stretch a dollar around here?

 

[TAJ]

I have been surviving on less than $30K a year in Brooklyn so I bet you will be just fine outside of SF at $60K. Does no one know how to stretch a dollar around here?

Are you living in one of those three-foot-tall dirt crawl spaces I've seen pics of on worstroom.com?

 

[m_shortpants]

I have been surviving on less than $30K a year in Brooklyn so I bet you will be just fine outside of SF at $60K. Does no one know how to stretch a dollar around here?

Apartments start in the $2000s, if not more.

 

[Syriel]

Apartments start in the $2000s, if not more.

If you go for a roomie though, you can find a room in a rent controlled building where they are paying much less. Just have to move into an existing space for that.

That's one of the reasons market prices in SF are so high. Folks who have the RC spaces, don't want to give them up and if you want your own space, you're going to have to pay market rate.

Replace an exiting roomie in a RC pad though and you're SET for cheap rent.

 

[Will F]

This graphic here pretty much sums what my experience trying to rent a place in San Francisco a few months ago was like http://blog.onradpad.com/renting-a-1-bedroom-apartment-near-bart-in-san-francisco/

Absolutely insane in the city right now.

 

[Dalek]

This graphic here pretty much sums what my experience trying to rent a place in San Francisco a few months ago was like http://blog.onradpad.com/renting-a-1-bedroom-apartment-near-bart-in-san-francisco/

Absolutely insane in the city right now.

Yeah this was on my Facebook last night. This is why I laugh when people say they're just going to nonchalantly move to SF.

 

[The Lamp]

This graphic here pretty much sums what my experience trying to rent a place in San Francisco a few months ago was like http://blog.onradpad.com/renting-a-1-bedroom-apartment-near-bart-in-san-francisco/

Absolutely insane in the city right now.

Wait, ONE BEDROOM for those prices?

I don't understand people who live in cities like that. Unless you're loaded like no one's business, you're throwing money away on rental property.

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

Wait, ONE BEDROOM for those prices?

I don't understand people who live in cities like that. Unless you're loaded like no one's business, you're throwing money away on rental property.

It's a lot easier when A. you're being paid 100-120K (to start) B. have you meals paid for (most companies have full cafeterias) and C. have no car. This is pretty much true for most large companies and well funded start ups.

Everyone else is struggling, in rent control or living with 4 people.

 

[Lamel]

It'll probably be better if you just live in the hospital. How do other residents do it? Any subsidized housing?

 

[beat]

Wait, ONE BEDROOM for those prices?

I don't understand people who live in cities like that. Unless you're loaded like no one's business, you're throwing money away on rental property.

You can rent a studio apartment for less, or get a roommate. Half of a two bedroom rent is often less than a one bedroom rent.

 

[studyguy]

So what box has the OP decided to move into?

 

[Syriel]

A lot of college grads at their first job also split a bedroom.

So, two people in a 1 bed is not uncommon.

Or they make the living room another "bedroom."

Basically, dorm life...extended.

Or, you don't find your own place. You look for a RC unit with someone moving out and rent that room ASAP.

 

[jchap]

Find roommates (plural)

 

[PseudoKirby]

revdum hasnt posted in here in a long while, why does this thread stay alive?

 

[RevDM]

revdum hasnt posted in here in a long while, why does this thread stay alive?

Because my life is dope and I do dope shit

 

[PseudoKirby]

Because my life is dope and I do dope shit

I didnt know you were Kanye West