HBO Documentary: San Francisco 2.0

I don't even get how there is that big of space in that area. It's like that was supposed to be the basement and they made it to a one bedroom. I guess if you splash some paint on it, it does seem a little better than most apartments.

Did anyone see Geary and Van Ness and how they just demolished a whole building that has essentially been vacant for a while. I assume that is another high rise. They just did the building that is next to 24 Hour on Van Ness too.

This is a new addition to a building on Van Ness as well that is near Twitter. They are trying to sell it as if you get the nice view. The lease for the condo is $3500 and it looks small. I think give or take, that is the size of my studio which is 400sqf.

http://100vanness.com
 
Mr Fongstarr said:
I don't even get how there is that big of space in that area. It's like that was supposed to be the basement and they made it to a one bedroom. I guess if you splash some paint on it, it does seem a little better than most apartments.

Did anyone see Geary and Van Ness and how they just demolished a whole building that has essentially been vacant for a while. I assume that is another high rise. They just did the building that is next to 24 Hour on Van Ness too.

This is a new addition to a building on Van Ness as well that is near Twitter. They are trying to sell it as if you get the nice view. The lease for the condo is $3500 and it looks small. I think give or take, that is the size of my studio which is 400sqf.

http://100vanness.com
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You mean that big *** construction site. That's a deep *** hole.
 
Moved out of SF in 2002 and haven't looked back since. Loved the city back then, born and raised my entire adolescent life, but I can't possibly see myself living there again. I'm fine with day trips every couple of months :lol:
 
Mr Fongstarr said:
I don't even get how there is that big of space in that area. It's like that was supposed to be the basement and they made it to a one bedroom. I guess if you splash some paint on it, it does seem a little better than most apartments.

Did anyone see Geary and Van Ness and how they just demolished a whole building that has essentially been vacant for a while. I assume that is another high rise. They just did the building that is next to 24 Hour on Van Ness too.

This is a new addition to a building on Van Ness as well that is near Twitter. They are trying to sell it as if you get the nice view. The lease for the condo is $3500 and it looks small. I think give or take, that is the size of my studio which is 400sqf.

http://100vanness.com
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yep, live close to that area. high rise condos everywhere. that area really cant support all those people. you got to any store/restaurant and you are waiting in line for a long time, no parking anywhere, straight crowded
 
RaWEx5 said:
Should I rent this?

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/apa/5252219885.html
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bruh, thats more than most people's mortgage payments 
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That hbo doc isn't entirely accurate. There are PLENTY of broke startup techies out here working basically for free working for IOUs. :lol:
 
If I was in that predicament I would try to move to Sacramento or Arizona or something. No way I could see myself breaking my neck just to make rent.

As far as the buildings/ city goes I'm always excited to see infrastructure being built. At the expense of culture and what makes a city great though it what's unfortunate. It will be interesting to see what happens to the majority of the techies that are left behind or stranded similar to the lower class.
 
Went to the city a few weeks ago for the Mick Jenkins show and my girl's brand new car had the windows busted. SF is such a piece of **** city, sorry locals.
 
That space right across Tommys Joynt? I can't even remember what used to be there. For some reason I thought they were building a hospital there
 
isnt there a good amount of NTrs who reside in SF?

i legit just assume they come from passed down family money or who knows, even a good job that place doesnt seem practical at all
 
Ecook0808 said:
Yes. If you don't, I will.
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lol 1bd 1 ba 700 sq ft for 4250

lmao geezus christ, even by new england/tri state standards thats BALLIN. :x

really how do the NTrs who live there afford it? they cant all be working for Google......
 
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 $4250 to RENT a 1BR is despicable.  That is almost both my mortgages for a 3BR townhouse and a 2BR condo

That doc was depressing AF
 
About a year ago, I was having lunch with a friend when I made a throwaway comment: “Have you seen the rent in San Francisco? If I get a job in the Bay Area, I’ll totally live in a van.”

As I sit in darkness writing this, I’m trying to keep my typing quiet, lest a real inhabitant of the neighborhood I’m parked in should walk by and wonder about the sounds coming from the rusty bus loitering on their block. Yes, you understood that correctly: Today, I work in a multi-million dollar office complex, and I live in a van.

This summer, after receiving a job offer in Silicon Valley, I went on Craigslist and began sifting through housing listings: “verrrrrryyy cheap bedroom :wink:,” “great deal on rent!” A single room with a shared bathroom? Two thousand per month on the low-end. A small studio apartment, you ask? If your startup wasn’t recently bought for seven figures, forget about it.

I perked up after finding a listing for $1,000 per month. Now this could work. Clicking through to the details section however revealed the offer was for a single bunk in a room with eight people, a set-up referred to as a “hacker house” by an (evil) marketing genius.

Even if I was to spend the huge majority of my salary on rent, I knew I would likely still be in a grim living situation, resenting every penny I handed over that could have gone towards paying back my student loans. And as a software engineer, I’m one of the lucky ones! Imagine those who aren’t lucky enough to be on the tech payroll.

Anyway, three weeks ago I took the equivalent of three months’ rent and bought an old red bus. It’s a 1969 VW camper van with a hole in the floor and a family of spiders that has more of a right to be here than I do (sleeping in your car on public land in California is illegal).

But with the help of Ikea and an army of cleaning supplies I was able to get the bus into livable condition.

From certain angles, it even passes for a tiny, $1,000-per-month bedroom.

Overall, I’m proud of the way my project turned out. But of course this living situation wouldn’t be possible if I didn’t already have a job that feeds me and allows me to shower and do laundry at work. I also have a network of friends who are ready to step in should a crisis emerge and offer me a temporary bed. And I am a young, white woman, which gives me the immense privilege of pulling up a creepy van and parking it without being harassed. People don’t report me; neither do they assume I’m a vagrant. They smile and ask if I need anything.

There are many people who are forced to live in their cars because they really cannot afford to live in the Bay Area. I am not technically one of them, and in doing this by choice I am inevitably appropriating their hardships. However, I am also saving hard, trying to pay off my debts, and learning a few invaluable life skills—like carpentry and how to be a fairly competent mechanic—in the process. Also, I get to flood social media with updates that basically equate to “Ha. Told you I’d do it. Look at me now. I’m in a bus. You’re going to have to pay up on the $5 bet you made that I would never go through with it.”

To these insufferable comments my friends reply that it is $5 well spent.

http://qz.com/524138/rent-is-so-hig...t-im-a-software-engineer-and-i-live-in-a-van/
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