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Ask HN: Working at Google - is better to live nearby or in SF?

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Ask HN: Working at Google - is better to live nearby or in SF?

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Post by vette982 »

I'll be starting at Google in a few months and I'm debating between living in SF or nearby in Mountain View/Palo Alto/Sunnyvale.

I do like living in the city, but worry that commuting back and forth may get tiring on a daily basis. If I live in the cities around Google, I'll have to get a car, whereas living in SF I probably won't need one. What are everyone's thoughts?

Where does everyone in the Bay Area live/work?

Re: Ask HN: Working at Google - is better to live nearby or in SF?

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Post by lnanek2 »

They do have high quality company buses between SF and Mountain View. I've been on them before. So even if you commute, at least you won't have to drive and can do something useful like reading or programming.

Personally I'd prefer to live and work in Mountain View. I've lived happily in East Palo Alto before without a car. Just had to take a bus to the Caltrain a couple times a week or so for an event, but ate and grocery shopped within walking distance most of the time. Very cost efficient.

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