cpp_is_king
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Perfect, I'm closing on my new house in San Jose in 2 weeks. Maybe fiber will drive the home values up!
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Perfect, I'm closing on my new house in San Jose in 2 weeks. Maybe fiber will drive the home values up!
Please no. Values here are doing well enough as they are...
finalflame
Member
Bay Area: The only place where purchasing a home in a suburb is a humblebrag.
Congrats dude! Buying property west of Livermore here is no small feat.
True words.
cpp_is_king
Member
I'm happy and shitting myself at the same time. Hard to think about home values out here
Lyft?
I got an Uber, but it took an hour and a half to find a pool partner...
Giant Robot
Member
Toronados for beer. Rosamundes next door for sausages. You can also have Rosamundes deliver next door to Toronado's while you wait.
You can also try Suppenkuche.
thezerofire
Banned
what counts as reasonably priced?
It's definitely grown a lot since I started going a few years ago. Always something interesting to check out there.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Where most out-of-city SF employees commute home.
thezerofire
Banned
love that one dude going to angel island every dayWhere most out-of-city SF employees commute home.
Do people out way past rio vista just fly in? Holy shit.Where most out-of-city SF employees commute home.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Amtrak maybe? Or the Capitol Corridor train if they're up in the Sac area.
cpp_is_king
Member
Guy I used to work with in Redwood City commuted from Modesto every day. Every fucking day.
Where most out-of-city SF employees commute home.
Image needs to be bigger. That's crazy with HOW far out some people come to the city! I'm just curious with how far the spread goes...
(We also need more bridges...)
Cornballer
Member
You can mess around with it here. Works for any county and you can tweak the map.
Wow... Salinas... Monterey... a little past Sac... That's a commuting nightmare.
thezerofire
Banned
I knew someone who commuted in from sacramento every day for a while
i3allistic
Member
My old boss is from Roseville ....she come down and work here M-Thurs but stay in the city ....she rents a condo here, then goes back to Roseville after work Friday
in other news ....
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area...ling-housing-deep-east-oakland-lures-bay-area
in other news ....
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area...ling-housing-deep-east-oakland-lures-bay-area
Well didn't see that coming. So Oakland will slowly shed it's reputation and minorities?.
Tom Nook
Member
Hello Bay Area GAF,
I live in San Jose/Campbell area and I'm looking to lowering my Internet bill. Currently with Comcast internet bundle (Internet 25 + local TV) @ around $60/month. I never used the TV service because Comcast said was cheaper just to get the bundle than getting internet alone.
What service you're using and, if you don't mind, how much you're paying? I'm looking for options.
Thanks
I live in San Jose/Campbell area and I'm looking to lowering my Internet bill. Currently with Comcast internet bundle (Internet 25 + local TV) @ around $60/month. I never used the TV service because Comcast said was cheaper just to get the bundle than getting internet alone.
What service you're using and, if you don't mind, how much you're paying? I'm looking for options.
Thanks
Now that Google abandoned us, you're basically stuck.
broz0rs
Member
your other alternative is AT&T U-verse, which can start cheap for the first year but rise after the promotional period. check Internet only plans
If you're considering Uverse, you might as well consider Sonic as they are a reseller in the Bay Area without data caps. Only problem is you are required to rent a modem, and your speeds may be worse.
If you live in SF, you might be lucky to get their fiber network.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I got two SF Giants tickets.
Are you going?
Marty Chinn
Member
I'm in that general area and if you want any decent amount of speed, you're pretty much stuck with Comcast or AT&T U-Verse which means it's pretty hard to lower your bill. I was hoping for Google Fiber but that seems to have died. On the up side, there's a good chance you could get AT&T's gigabit connection, but that will cost you more.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I don't know, I could use the money. Put them on Craigslist.
Guy contacted me. He's in Nevada but can have his private seller pick them up.
I'm all
uh
sure
Did he also offer an extra $40 as a courtesy?
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
"I have a private shipper who can get it for me. I can send you a certified check. When you have the money, I will send my shipper."
Littered with typos.
Littered with typos.
There was a dude in a standoff with swat by where I live and it caused a shitload of traffic that made me late to class. Class ends up being cancelled due to a low amount of students -_-
I got some double play bundle with comcast where I was paying 80 bucks for 150down and 10up. It went up to $100 bucks this month.
I got some double play bundle with comcast where I was paying 80 bucks for 150down and 10up. It went up to $100 bucks this month.
Where most out-of-city SF employees commute home.
I commute from mountain view to SF most days. Pretty crappy. Caltrain stinks so much.
hahaha true. whoever that was really dropped the ball on that one.
Anyone going to the Google Indie Games Festival on the 24th?
https://events.withgoogle.com/google-play-indie-game-festival/
I registered a few days ago so I'll be attending.
Also any developers going to GitHub Universe in 2 weeks? I managed to win scholarship tickets so I'll be going there as well.
https://events.withgoogle.com/google-play-indie-game-festival/
I registered a few days ago so I'll be attending.
Also any developers going to GitHub Universe in 2 weeks? I managed to win scholarship tickets so I'll be going there as well.
I'm moving to SF in less then 2 weeks. Work is putting me in a hotel for a couple weeks. Looking to find a place by Oct 1st. I'm targeting SoMA, Civic Centre, or South Beach as I want to live in a new high-rise. I haven't stayed more then a few weeks in SF before, and mainly in the financial district and fishermen's wharf, and that was for business. I took a tour bus once so I've seen all the areas.
So I had a couple questions:
1) What's the best places to eat and drink? Where's the nightlife?
2) I'll be working near the Embarcadero, what train do I use to get there (assuming I don't just Uber or bike ride every day?)
3) How is it riding a bike around SoMA?
4) How's transit (for whatever train I'm taking)?
5) What's Amazon Prime delivery like in SF? I've never used it but I'm excited to use it to avoid most shopping. Is it same day? If so, when do you need to order by for it to get delivered same day?
6) Any other tips for someone new to the city?
EDIT - Oh, I'm just using CL right now, but what's best website for finding someone looking for a roommate? I'm going to do the roommate situation in SF since rent is high and I have no US credit yet.
EDIT 2 - Also looking at Mission Creek area since there seems to be a bunch of new developments there.
So I had a couple questions:
1) What's the best places to eat and drink? Where's the nightlife?
2) I'll be working near the Embarcadero, what train do I use to get there (assuming I don't just Uber or bike ride every day?)
3) How is it riding a bike around SoMA?
4) How's transit (for whatever train I'm taking)?
5) What's Amazon Prime delivery like in SF? I've never used it but I'm excited to use it to avoid most shopping. Is it same day? If so, when do you need to order by for it to get delivered same day?
6) Any other tips for someone new to the city?
EDIT - Oh, I'm just using CL right now, but what's best website for finding someone looking for a roommate? I'm going to do the roommate situation in SF since rent is high and I have no US credit yet.
EDIT 2 - Also looking at Mission Creek area since there seems to be a bunch of new developments there.
uncelestial
Member
Hi BayGAF!
Do you guys ever have like a retro game night or local co-op night? If not, maybe I could host one. I'm in SF in Central Parkside, circa 23rd and Wawona. I have the following:
Do you guys ever have like a retro game night or local co-op night? If not, maybe I could host one. I'm in SF in Central Parkside, circa 23rd and Wawona. I have the following:
- A 65" 4K Samsung TV
- Alienware PC w/triple-SLI NVidia 980 Tis
- Wii U + various controllers
- PS4 + 2 controllers
- Lots of chairs + some couchspace too
- A popcorn popper
- Lots of nearby parking
- Loose morals
- Weed
Closest thing I can think of is the High Scores arcade in East Bay. Not exactly a game night but I've been to the new Hayward location and it's pretty awesome. $5 for an hour or $10 for all day with every machine on free play.
beat
Member
2) BART, maybe. Otherwise almost all the Muni streetcar lines go through the same stops as BART does in downtown SF. All of those stop at Montgomery and Embarcadero. Otherwise, you could try the F streetcar line that goes along the Embarcadero.
3) I like transit in SF. Depends what you're willing to deal with. Caltrain (for going to the Peninsula and South Bay) is expensive but relatively plush. BART is OK. Muni feels bad but covers the city; BART is just functionally a single line (within SF proper) running south to the Peninsula (and SFO) and north/east to the East Bay.
6) misc tips:
- a Muni pass (monthy or even seven day) also gets you free rides on the cable cars, which are otherwise priced to fleece tourists.
- it's hella hilly in many parts of SF.
- start looking for a roommate right now if you want one by Oct 1st.
- develop some healthy skepticism about CL postings. If things look too good to be true, then either the poster mislabeled the address or is straight up scamming. In the latter case, for example, they love to put 3 br/2 ba posts for comically low prices.
- Oct is one of the warm times of the year, more than actual summer.
I'll die for the team. I mean take one.
There's a game night I post about all the time at folsom st foundry, but unfortunately they recently raised their cover to $10.