$400 / month rent in San Fran - but there's a catch!!

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8 years ago 04/01/2016 2:31pm EDT

re: Once a runner ...

A co-worker of mine lived at a Hilton for 6 years in the bay area because it was much cheaper then renting an apartment of similar quality. The hotel gave him a discount because it helped keep the occupancy rate of the hotel up.

I think he was paying $1500/month and he got daily room service to clean up, fresh towels and free laundry service. Free breakfast every morning, free internet, free TV, Free newspaper. And then because he was staying so long and he was on their Members plan, he was racking up points so fast he never had to pay for anything when he traveled and stayed at a Hilton.

8 years ago 04/01/2016 2:35pm EDT

re: Once a runner ...

Once a runner ... wrote:
The Cuban Horse wrote:
The bottom line is that you can't be a serious runner and live in a big city. So why are we even talking about this?
Some of us actually grew out of our adolescent fantasies after college and participate in the modern economy.

The modern is economy is now in cloud or least it will soon be. So there is no reason not to have both: a decent job and a great place to train and live. I see no need to dodge cars, suck fumes or side step winos, but if that is your thing...

8 years ago 04/01/2016 2:52pm EDT

re: The other guy!

The other guy! wrote:
gregmacd wrote:
Or you can pay half of San Francisco rents in the east bay (Alameda, Oakland, etc) and get downtown by bus, Bart, or ferry quicker than people living in the outer parts of San Francisco (Outer Sunset, Outer Richmond). Plus its a bit warmer in the east bay, you get out door space and parking, and still close enough to hang out in SF on the weekends
That's like working in NYC and living in Newark, NJ.
Sure, it's possible, but here is a reason it is much cheaper out there.
Plus, you'll spent 20h commuting per week.

It's not like that at all.

Not at all.

Have you even been to any of these places?

8 years ago 04/01/2016 4:21pm EDT

re: Random dude bro

The median HOUSEHOLD income in SF is 85k a year. Yea, you can't live in the nicest apartment in SF on 130k a year, but you can certainly thrive.

8 years ago 04/01/2016 4:40pm EDT

re: SF and actually has a job

SF and actually has a job wrote:
random dude girl wrote:
a) you don't know how well- or poorly- off i am
and b) "vote themselves other people's money"? idk what that means
You can afford 2k a month in rent which means you aren't some destitute person who deserves subsidies or welfare from the rest of us. You're not going to be on the street if you lose your rent control, you will just have to move to Oakland or Indiana (or pay higher rent if you can afford it).
Your rent control is a subsidy from the rest of us to you. It enriches you by allowing you to live in a very desirable location for below market price. It makes your landlord poorer by keeping him from realizing the full value of his investment and it makes newcomers and those living in uncontrolled buildings poorer by increasing the market rate for uncontrolled buildings.
I short, you are a leech who gets a very fat undeserved subsidy and the expense of others. You be absolutely ashamed.

I think the tone here is a little harsh but "random dude girl" must be incredibly obtuse if he/she doesn't understand the point being made here.

I don't fault you for occupying a rent controlled apartment but you should be willing to acknowledge that you're lucky that you got one and benefit at the expense of those of us who either don't live in neighborhoods with rent controlled apartments or are unable to find one.

8 years ago 04/01/2016 6:53pm EDT

re: also an SF resident

Those landlords can all leave and invest in cities without rent control if it's such a huge problem.

8 years ago 04/01/2016 11:34pm EDT

re: flowers in my hair

I grew up in SF. It's a great city in so many ways but affordable housing is not something that the city can be proud of.

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