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thezerofire
Banned
I don't cycle to work since I live by a bart station in the east bay, but it'll really depend on where you're living. San Francisco is only 7 miles across, but a lot of those miles have some pretty steep hills you'll want to take into account. 5 miles will take you almost all the way across the city but I personally wouldn't bike more than 1 or 2 each way in SF.
Also, biking in the city is a risky business, pretty much everyone I know who bikes in the city has been hit by a car or bus at least once.
Awesome, thanks for your input. I'm not familiar with the city or the transit systems at all so I'm just trying to get some general ideas about costs and commuting. Everything in general is so expensive, but I knew that going in lol
My potential office is in the North-East sector of the city, south of the financial district.
thezerofire
Banned
so Financial District is the North-East sector of the city so you might be in the Embarcadero or Soma. That area of the city is relatively flat, so if you manage to get housing there (it's expensive, but everything is expensive) you could probably bike no problem. In general Market St. is pretty flat and a lot of people bike it, but it's also crazy busy sometimes. Also, look up The Wiggle, it's an unofficial bike path through the city, could be good to find a place along that
That's a relief
Thankfully it wasn't raining too hard for my walk to my car. So glad the rain is here though, relaxing with some Fireside Chat now. Bring it on!
thezerofire
Banned
supposed to be 80's next weekend again I think
Damnit.
It's warm today as well. Still no rain
If it wasn't raining before, it sure is now. Still warm inside, though. I'll leave the window open unless the wind starts blowing it in.
thezerofire
Banned
damn Treasure Island was not prepared for the rain. basically no music for hours at a time
Lol
A girl came into my job to buy a poncho for the festival. That thing is nice, but it's no match for that.
I was planning to go, but I saw that forecast and forgot about it.
CherryWoodFuton
Member
Me and the wifey went and that shit sucked ass. Soaking wet and no dancing. We ended up saying fuck it and left early
That's a shame. They had an amazing lineup of artists.
CherryWoodFuton
Member
Off the top of my head:
Castro district is a hot mess at night in a great way so go check it out
Mission burritos of course
The park in Ghirardelli square has a great view of the bay
Haight and Ashbury for the bohemian in you
Korean bbq in Richmond nomnom
Smuggler's Cove is a great rum bar (be prepared to feel like a sardine though)
thezerofire
Banned
TIMF night two was still a shitshow. Printing "Rain or Shine" on the tickets is a huge fucking joke
The fact that there aren't any other options is why they can keep getting away with their BS.
BeardyChan
Member
As someone else who is affected by the Comcast nightmare of 2016. It's really easy to go over 1tb between two gamers and just one 4K tv. It doesn't help that the numbers Comcast reports is unreliable and in most cases off by gigs a day. Last month we used 1.4tb and streamed just over 11 hours of 4K content through Netflix at about 7.5gbs a hour, and on both of our Xbox ones we racked up 483gbs each. Between patches and downloading games it's maddening. I fear that this was a strategic number put in place before 4K becomes the norm.
Also having no other options and giving more money to a company who is no stranger to bribing our government time and time again really gets under my skin. But I don't have options because Comcast is the only allowed provider where I live.
Also having no other options and giving more money to a company who is no stranger to bribing our government time and time again really gets under my skin. But I don't have options because Comcast is the only allowed provider where I live.
Honestly I feel like I'm a pretty average internet user.
I'm a cord cutter, so there's a lot of TV streaming. I do like to fall asleep with the TV on, usually pass out with Netflix on basically every night, but that will only play a couple episodes before stopping itself, and just on a regular 1080p tv, so not 4k.
My wife is a photographer / photo editor, so she does some reasonable file transfers from home sometimes, but just photos, not like 4k video or anything.
I also play games on PC / xbone / PS4, but it's not like I download tons and tons of games. I actually lately mostly use gamefly, so haven't really been downloading much of any games at all. Though I suppose most games even when you insert the disc still end up downloading huge patches.
I dunno, I definitely use a lot of data (obviously), but it's not like I'm running a home business or running servers or hosting files or anything weird.
Is your Internet secured? :x I actually went to check my usage out of curiosity, and it's way under 1TB, and there's a lot of streaming that goes on in my household, constantly. Not a lot of downloading has gone on lately, but game data itself doesn't seem like it would be worth that much, even after multiple games it seems.
WPA2 personal.
Just checked and there's no unknown devices connected to my network right now.
I don't download anything unusual. Like I don't torrent / pirate anything at all.
I'm already at 615gb for this month...
I mean sometimes my wife leaves the HGTV or MSNBC live stream just playing on TV for hours a day as if it's cable... Maybe my cord cutting plan isn't gonna work out with shitty comcast data caps. My plan is $50 and they wanna charge me another $50 to remove the cap. At that point I could probably just get a TV package and end up streaming a lot less.... which is probably the whole point of their fucking cap I guess.
There are a couple of other options but if sonic isn't available, they probably won't be either. I waited a year for sonic to finally come to my apartment as of yesterday. Couldn't be happier. When was the last time you checked with sonic?
Cornballer
Member
monkeybrains might be an option depending on where you live, but I believe they also throttle if you go over 1TB on a residential account.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
appreciate this. I'll try to check out some of these recommendations. i'm buying an unlimited pub transit pass for a few days so i should be able to get around easy enough
Yes please to both a Geary and 19th avenue line
thezerofire
Banned
3rd straight day of 30 minute bart delays. really considering just giving up and paying more to live in the city again
beat
Member
I was just thinking about how when I was living in the Sunset and working downtown, that the commute was significantly easier because of the N-Judah line. Specifically that it's underground in downtown, compared to living in the Richmond district and having to rely on buses. Buses are frequent, but will get caught up in downtown traffic jams.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
The ferry's not too bad if you live close enough to the Vallejo, Oakland, or Alameda terminals. Richmond is supposed to open a ferry terminal some time next year as well.
That miiiight have been related to the bomb threat in SOMA today. Was on 7th and Bryant I believe, they closed the Oakland on ramp over there and had a ton of diverted traffic.
thezerofire
Banned
that post was yesterday
CherryWoodFuton
Member
Can I live in the city with a nurse's salary?
I doubt you'll be able to comfortably.
Yup high scores arcade. It just opened in August. It's amazing, $5 for an hour or $10 to play all day.
CherryWoodFuton
Member
I calculated my yearly income with me and her experience and me and the wifey can make 100,000 a year each easily. Is that still not enough????
Oh, so it's new? Man, I need to get out more. I've lived here my entire life yet still know nothing about what's around. Gonna try to find some people to check it out with soon.
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
Well I missed my chance to see jidenna today.
https://twitter.com/Jidenna/status/789944764619628544
https://twitter.com/Jidenna/status/789944764619628544
Yeah, knowing this, you should be good.
here in the south bay we have drink and draw at art boutiki. not too far from the peninsula. its like a wax night/gallery and there is also a raffle to get your art printed on a t-shirt
hmmm there are some other places i know about but i cannot think of them for the life of me.
watch this space
broz0rs
Member
A good general rule is your rental should be no more than 40% of your income after taxes (money you bring home).