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Re: Bay Area Home Prices by Transit Stop

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Post by mr_tristan »

filereaper wrote: post #5

The average travel times by BART don't seem all that bad, most large metropolitan cities need an hour by transit anyways. Do people in SF-region really not commute to work from afar?

There are a lot of people living further away from the city commuting in than people that live near BART or caltrain stations.

Anecdotally, half the office (in a small startup) I worked with drove to a BART station, then took BART the rest of the way.

Also, I'd say the sprawl goes pretty far. I grew up in Vacaville, and it was not uncommon to commute into San Francisco. That was 50-something miles away.

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Post by geggam »

filereaper wrote: post #5

The average travel times by BART don't seem all that bad, most large metropolitan cities need an hour by transit anyways. Do people in SF-region really not commute to work from afar?

Travel times from Fremont to the 1st SF stop is about 45 - 50 minutes. Assuming no police activity, medical emergency or BART equipment problem ( you might have heard they have no clue wtf is wrong ? ) .

BART parking is full pretty early ( 7:30 am ) and trains are usually standing room only by the 2nd stop and by the 4th or so its crammed standing.

I am leaving in Oct. I dont plan on paying 3k+ a month ( 1100 sq ft 3BR/2BTH ) with a patch of grass for a yard and having to plan my times to move around commuting hours ( forget heading anywhere nice on the weekend as everyone else is too ). I am 5 minutes away from a BART station by car ( 15 - 20 by bike )

The beach is wonderful, Santa Cruz is nice. the area is great. I have been here 6 years and I am starting to feel like a caged rat ready to bite the other rats for absolutely no reason :)

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Post by Rhapso »

I'm looking at moving to the bay area in the next few months. I've settled on fremont but im looking at renting. Assuming rent linearly correlates with the costs here it does not seem that bad a cost or commute (relatively speaking). Any advice or cautions?

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Post by Rhapso »

EarthIsHome wrote: post #12

Related somewhat: Atlanta median income down MARTA's Red line (travels North to South) http://news.wabe.org/post/atlanta-biggest-gap-between-rich-a...

It is fun to play "who will get off at which stop" on marta Red line because of this effect.

The income disparity in atlanta is insane and getting worse.

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Post by bydo »

EarthIsHome wrote: post #12

Related somewhat: Atlanta median income down MARTA's Red line (travels North to South) http://news.wabe.org/post/atlanta-biggest-gap-between-rich-a...

Here's one for New York:

http://projects.newyorker.com/story/subway/

And Chicago:

http://youarehere.cc/j/subway/chicago.html

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Post by peedy »

KKKKkkkk1 wrote: post #17

What is Caltrain like for commuting in the South Bay? Would it make sense to rent near a Caltrain station in one of the cheaper cities and commute to the Silicon Valley area?

South bay from? My summer gig is in downtown Mountain View and I stay really close to San Jose Diridon station. Looking at the schedule, the train ride can be as short as 15 minutes (SJ to MTV) and the rents here are ~$3K/mo for a 2 bedroom apartment.

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Post by pmorici »

rgbrgb wrote: post #18
jakelarkin wrote: post #7

It would seem there's no where on the peninsula can you buy an average 1500sqft house for less than $1million, ~$700/sqft.

https://www.openlistings.com/p/172-sweeny-st-san-francisco-c...

In the shadow if the 280 / 101 interchange?
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