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Old 02-16-2016, 05:23 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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A coworker of mine has an electric bike he takes his daughter on. I think you guys may be underestimating these electric bikes. Pretty beastly machine-it can go 80 miles on a charge without even pedaling, but generally speaking you have the motor assist you on hills. He regularly goes from the bottom of marin county to San Rafael. It can tow groceries. He has a seat in the back for his daughter.


If the OP can find a place in mill valley and are working in marin county(or even SF, biking across the bridge and then taking MUNI), the electric bikes will be more than adequate. The most difficult part may be convincing a LL to take you, but it sounds like you have it all worked out. If someone worked in the city I'd estimate it would take them about a hour to get to the Golden Gate bridge Welcome center...but considering some peoples commutes in cars this would be much more pleasant(as with seattle, their are quite a few hills). I think they'd be living a lot better than the folks who, say, live in livermore and work in the bay...

And if they are riding the line and not eating out a bunch, that is great. Can't say the same for most Marin County folks as the area seems to have a large disposable income. Great for sideline gigs-however. They can likely make things work if they are ok with living in a place that is pretty car-centric.

I wish I can give a good review for Marin City-the situation there is very sad. I agree with the OP's thoughts on the place.

OP, feel free to pm me with any targeted questions. My situation is a bit different, but I do live in very South Marin County.
THIS is the kind of helpful info the thread needs. Frankly, a quiet life walking to work in MV, raising a child there, sounds idyllic. And I see no reason why his child would be left out of the kid crowd there. Rich people's kids play the same as anyone. There's nothing their families do that would cause the OP's kid to feel excluded, except take off to Tahoe or somewhere else on a vacation. Their kickballs are the same as any kid's kickball. And how cool is it that her parents have an electric bike! When she gets old enough to ride it, she'll be the envy of all the kids in the neighborhood.

Here's hoping the OP can get an apt. in spite of the obstacles. Please give us an update if you pull this off, OP.
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Old 03-01-2016, 09:08 AM
 
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For those interested in what happened with this poster, they started a new thread....turns out all those wonderful 1700 dollar apts everyone was talking about dont actually exist in mill valley, surprise surprise.

http://www.city-data.com/forum/san-f...childcare.html
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Old 03-01-2016, 01:48 PM
 
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For those interested in what happened with this poster, they started a new thread....turns out all those wonderful 1700 dollar apts everyone was talking about dont actually exist in mill valley, surprise surprise.

http://www.city-data.com/forum/san-f...childcare.html
Actually, they do, but demand is high, too, so it's hard to land one. It takes a lot of effort, and staying on top of the listings.
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