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Re: Bay Area Home Prices by Transit Stop

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Post by T-zex » Sat, Apr 02, 2016, 7:00 PM UTC

zumatic wrote: post #52

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...

And here's one for London: https://www.thrillist.com/lifestyle/london/london-undergroun... Direct link to large-scale map: http://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/1560005 Note we tend to think of flats in terms of number of bedrooms. Hatton Cross is right next to Heathrow airport, if you're wondering why it is so cheap.

s/Bermondsy/Bermondsey and I think it should be cheaper than Canada Water

Re: Bay Area Home Prices by Transit Stop

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Post by melvinmt » Sat, Apr 02, 2016, 7:21 PM UTC

gdudeman wrote: post #66

thrownaway2424 wrote: post #37

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You do have to pick something and run with it, I understand that. But price per square foot is pretty bogus because one cannot buy housing by the square foot. You have to buy it per _house_. I think you could make a fair comparison if you went with median 2-bedroom sale price instead.

Sure, but there are areas where there really aren't many 2 bedroom houses or they aren't really representative of the local real estate.

Maybe just an average price per bedroom.

Re: Bay Area Home Prices by Transit Stop

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Post by Reedx » Sat, Apr 02, 2016, 7:35 PM UTC

badusername wrote: post #77

dclowd9901 wrote: post #67

I can't understand why DC and Colma remain so cheap (comparably). Sure, the area doesn't have as much walking distance locales but a quick Bart ride will get you anywhere you want to go. Are people really that sensitive to small inconvenience?

DC and Colma also suffer from some of the worst fog cover through out the year around the area.

Yep, Daly City is pretty miserable climate wise. It'll often be covered in fog and cold in the middle of a summer day, while a few miles away it's sunny and warm. You also have to deal with mold and rust issues.

I've looked at apartments there a couple times, and while it's vastly more affordable than SF, the climate + distance outweighs the upsides (for me anyway).

Re: Bay Area Home Prices by Transit Stop

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Post by encoderer » Sat, Apr 02, 2016, 7:46 PM UTC

dasil003 wrote: post #80

thesimon wrote: post #74

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>London is much more doable on a budget. Agree, even though the story is probably a bit different for developers due to the difference in salary.

True although that's changing. London salaries outside The City used to seem to top out around £60k, but in recent years that ceiling has been broken. Meanwhile, Google and Facebook still pay ridiculous salaries, but smaller companies can't afford that, and with funding slowing down it's going to lead to even more belt tightening. You might be surprised how many people in tech are working for $50k, $60k, $70k in SF t…

No engineers are making under $70k in SF unless they traded salary for a lot of equity.

Re: Bay Area Home Prices by Transit Stop

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Post by encoderer » Sat, Apr 02, 2016, 7:57 PM UTC

mahyarm wrote: post #38

beatpanda wrote: post #32

Now chart it for AC Transit transbay buses and weep at how much you've been getting ripped off just because you don't want to take a bus to work

The transbay busses are slower because they get stuck on the bridge. 8 minutes for bart to cross the bay vs 1hr for a vehicle on the bay bridge during rush hour. If I'm wrong, I would be pleasantly surprised.

You're very wrong. The bus has its own lane around the toll plaza. The actual time on the bridge is 10 mins. I make it from Berkeley to SF in 35 mins once the bus picks me up. I can walk to the Bart station but always take the bus. It's a much cleaner and nicer experience. Wait. I mean, the bus is awful. Definitely nobody start taking the g or fs. Thanks.

Re: Bay Area Home Prices by Transit Stop

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Apr 02, 2016, 7:57 PM UTC

mahyarm wrote: post #38

beatpanda wrote: post #32

Now chart it for AC Transit transbay buses and weep at how much you've been getting ripped off just because you don't want to take a bus to work

The transbay busses are slower because they get stuck on the bridge. 8 minutes for bart to cross the bay vs 1hr for a vehicle on the bay bridge during rush hour. If I'm wrong, I would be pleasantly surprised.

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Re: Bay Area Home Prices by Transit Stop

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Post by hippich » Sat, Apr 02, 2016, 8:08 PM UTC

govspy wrote: post #70

I would have thought living near the airport would be the cheapest square footage on that map. In Toronto they can barely give away apartments located near Pearson Airport due to the incessant noise (and some crime, probably associated with the low purchase price of the apartments). The prices are ~50% of what they are everywhere else in the city.

there might be a lot of value in located near airport for businesses which rely on air freight, which probably drives costs up, since it competes against residential for land.

Re: Bay Area Home Prices by Transit Stop

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Post by zghst » Sat, Apr 02, 2016, 10:00 PM UTC

chirau wrote: post #54

I stayed by 19th and Mission on Funston for a while. I didn't realize that real estate was so expensive there. I would have thought the Embercadero, Marina etc would be more expensive.

The Mission is up and coming, it's now one of the hot real estate areas. I'm pretty sure Marina is more expensive, though it's not listed on the map.

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Post by pascalxus » Mon, Apr 04, 2016, 8:45 PM UTC

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?

I commute from afar: Dublin/Pleasanton (last stop). It takes me 46 min just on the train without delay, plus a 12 min trip to the bart and a 7 minute trip to my work from the SF Montgomery station, so 65 minutes on a perfect day. But, often there are delays which turns my commute time up to an average of about 75 minutes.

Re: Bay Area Home Prices by Transit Stop

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Post by abritinthebay » Mon, Apr 04, 2016, 8:57 PM UTC

sdenton4 wrote: post #59

abritinthebay wrote: post #58

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19th St Oakland is in the middle of Uptown - it was expensive 5 years ago, let alone today. Not sure where you think it is but it's right in the middle of one of the most vibrant downtown areas in Oakland... Rockridge is likely more expensive PER SQUARE FOOT because Orinda has more space so places are much larger but at the same price or only marginally higher. I mean Stephen Curry just bought a 3.5 million place out…

I've been in Rockford for a year and a half, and just sabot the entire block has been sold in that time. It's a pretty popular neighborhood... And closer to everything than Orinda.

Rockford? You mean Rockridge? Ditto - I moved here in late 2014 and it's by far the most popular for new construction and old buildings being sold.