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I'm pretty sure it'll be enough as long as you're reasonable regarding housing costs. Probably won't be able to live in SF, but I've seen 1 BR condos in Walnut Creek for under 125K.
I'm pretty sure it'll be enough as long as you're reasonable regarding housing costs. Probably won't be able to live in SF, but I've seen 1 BR condos in Walnut Creek for under 125K.
Well anywhere in Bay Area would be nice. Just not Oakland.
Why San Francisco? I haven't read all of your posts in this thread, so I don't know if you have ever visited there before. For myself, that and New York City are the very last places I would want to live, even if the rent were free. It might be a good place to visit once in a while, but actually living there, I can't understand it. Last time I was in SF was 1993, I saw an apartment near the University Hospital advertised for $6000 a month. Parking near the hospital was $15 a day. No place on this earth is that damn good. I don't like the traffic there, all the people are in a hurry, life must be lived in the fast lane to survive. There is nothing outside the city except dried up grass covered hills and more houses.
All the people are in a hurry, life must be lived in the fast lane to survive
As a native California, I believe this is just the way we are here: fast. There's nothing inherently wrong with this. For instance, I love the south, but I find everything and everyone there so SLOW. They drive slow, talk slow, service in restaurants is slow... drives me nuts.
It's just a cultural difference. Just as many people from Georgia or Tennessee would find California horrendously fast-paced, many Californians would go crazy at how slow-paced life is there.
Why San Francisco? I haven't read all of your posts in this thread, so I don't know if you have ever visited there before. For myself, that and New York City are the very last places I would want to live, even if the rent were free. It might be a good place to visit once in a while, but actually living there, I can't understand it. Last time I was in SF was 1993, I saw an apartment near the University Hospital advertised for $6000 a month. Parking near the hospital was $15 a day. No place on this earth is that damn good. I don't like the traffic there, all the people are in a hurry, life must be lived in the fast lane to survive. There is nothing outside the city except dried up grass covered hills and more houses.
I said SF but its the most popular city in Northern California. As long as its in Bay Area. I lived 13 years in San Jose and 2 years in Hayward. Pretty much grew up there.
SF is heaven!
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