Riding a bicycle, so an offline OSM bike route app.
Ask HN: What are some useful apps for living in San Francisco?
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Re: Ask HN: What are some useful apps for living in San Francisco?
#12Tentsegritty 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
Free tents?
Re: Ask HN: What are some useful apps for living in San Francisco?
#13There's an app called SF Climates that shows microclimate data for SF. Quite useful as there can be a 30 degree difference between neighborhoods! (I have screenshots to confirm.)
Other than that, generally staying abreast of the latest startups that are offering promotions with VC money is a good idea.
Re: Ask HN: What are some useful apps for living in San Francisco?
#14Zillow is nice so you can see how many millions of dollars that crack house on the corner with no plumbing is worth this week.
A corollary to this... the How-to-GTFO-of-SanFrancisco app, because there's no earthly reason housing should be THAT expensive.
Re: Ask HN: What are some useful apps for living in San Francisco?
#15eBook reader apps with a San Francisco Library Card - you will have free access to thousands of eBooks and magazines.