Ask HN: What are some useful apps for living in San Francisco?

#1

Post by sammyjiang » Tue, Jan 17, 2017, 2:57 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: What are some useful apps for living in San Francisco?

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Post by DrScump » Tue, Jan 17, 2017, 4:04 AM UTC

Caltrain droid - have Caltrain map and schedule on you always without privacy sucks.

#3

Post by karim » Tue, Jan 17, 2017, 5:10 AM UTC

The 311 app (https://sf311.org/mobile) is really useful to report hazardous things (e.g: needles).

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Post by yegle » Tue, Jan 17, 2017, 5:35 AM UTC

BartRunner if you commute with Bart.

#5

Post by jy1 » Tue, Jan 17, 2017, 5:56 AM UTC

Lyft, Amazon Prime Now, TaskRabbit, Maps

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Post by aaroninsf » Tue, Jan 17, 2017, 6:11 AM UTC

Tentsegritty sends alerts when free tents are being distributed

StepWriteUp provides Waze-like pedestrian alerts for where there's human waste on your route

Chopp.ly offers real-time competitive bids on used bike parts

I'm sure I'm forgetting a few

#7

Post by tech4all » Tue, Jan 17, 2017, 1:19 PM UTC

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Post by fred_is_fred » Tue, Jan 17, 2017, 4:58 PM UTC

Zillow is nice so you can see how many millions of dollars that crack house on the corner with no plumbing is worth this week.

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Post by hnhnic » Tue, Jan 17, 2017, 5:17 PM UTC

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Post by pmiller2 » Tue, Jan 17, 2017, 6:03 PM UTC

yegle wrote: post #4

BartRunner if you commute with Bart.

Is that for iPhone? I wasn't able to find it in the App Store.