Language Computeer - Bay-area bound

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trochee


	Bay-area bound
	[ETA: Unlocked post now (and specifics removed); please feel free to point your Bay-area friends here!] It's official as of Monday afternoon: we're going to the Bay Area. imtboo has been admitted to a San Francisco school for her chosen field. School starts August 21 for her, so we'll be moving out of Seattle and down to the Bay Area in that first week of August, more or less. I will be finishing up my dissertation at a desk in a research lab in Menlo Park. But D's school is downtown -- right by the Civic Center BART stop. Unfortunately, this means that one of us will be commuting a long way on the CalTrain and/or the BART. At the moment, it looks like it might be her, since at at least for the first semester she'll only have classes two (very full) days a week, while I'll be at ResearchLab five days a week. Any suggestions or comments, from people who live in the Bay Area (or who have lived there) about places to live -- or to avoid? I think the East Bay is out for us -- the commute to Menlo Park is insane -- but we're considering paying more to live in the city, or paying less to live on the Peninsula. Any recommendations? Bay Area roll call: apollinax or bicoastal? lunacow? evan? ~~xaosenkosmos~~ -- you've already sent us comments, thanks! damidnara? cleverpig? I'm sure I've missed people in this roll-call. Anybody else?

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	From: streamsandpools	Date: May 1st, 2008 07:57 am (UTC)		(Link)

*Sob* I will be arriving in Seattle July 28th, so hopefully we can fit in a final meet-up in amongst your packing.... I mean not final as in last one ever, but you know what I mean....

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	From: trochee	Date: May 1st, 2008 04:43 pm (UTC)		(Link)

aww. that's really bad timing. :(

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	From: damidnara	Date: May 1st, 2008 08:00 am (UTC)		(Link)

congratulations! Unfortunately, all i know is the East Bay. I think SF is pretty pricy, but I don't know how that compares to the peninsula. You're welcome to stay at our house (we have a guest bedroom) if you need someplace for a short while until you find some place. And do let us know if you want suggestions for venturing around the Bay, we have some interesting places here to explore.

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	From: damidnara	Date: May 1st, 2008 08:11 am (UTC)		(Link)

er, i mean all i know in terms of places to live is the East Bay...

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	From: trochee	Date: May 1st, 2008 04:45 pm (UTC)		(Link)

thanks for the offer! I think we're going to fly down in July and find an apartment but it's always nice to know we've got friends who have our back.

I look forward to exploring the Bay very much. Been there a few times now and it really looks lovely. Of course, with my dissertation and Dorothy's first-year-in-grad-school, we will be finding our exploring-time wherever we can!

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	From: fluxbox	Date: May 1st, 2008 11:03 am (UTC)		(Link)

On my last tour in the Bay Area (1996ish), I lived in MP and commuted to SF on Caltrain, so I have many non-specific and outdated tidbits. Probably good for conversation, though.

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	From: trochee	Date: May 1st, 2008 04:47 pm (UTC)		(Link)

great! It looks like I might be able to see you in the second half of your trip to Seattle -- after I get back from Berlin (!) -- and I'd like to hear about your experiences with Caltrain, even if it is ten years out.

thanks!

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	From: beckyb	Date: May 1st, 2008 11:47 am (UTC)		(Link)

Am sending an email with old SRI/Nuance/SPI-SSLILab people to talk to. They live below MP though but these two won't be ones you find at SRI anymore. I lived in Mountain View when I was there, which had a CalTrain stop and was much cheaper than Palo Alto and MP, however I think it's all expensive now. Hopefully you will hear from someone who knows about places north of MP since that might be more convenient.

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	From: trochee	Date: May 1st, 2008 04:49 pm (UTC)		(Link)

isn't Mountain View where the Googleplex is? so yes, things may have changed.

And thank you for connecting the dots with the various alumni-ish contacts. that's a great place to start!

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	From: penelopesque	Date: May 1st, 2008 12:13 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I have a ton of Bay people on my flist. Would you like me to send them over here to comment? (Coincidentally, this is how I met

champignon - on LJ while she was moving here and looking for apartment info.)

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	From: trochee	Date: May 1st, 2008 06:18 pm (UTC)		(Link)

yes please! I'd be happy to have other contacts in the Bay. Not that we don't already have some, but more perspectives are good.

Accordingly, I've unlocked this post. Thanks!

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	From: imtboo	Date: May 1st, 2008 07:17 pm (UTC)		(Link)

she was in the bay area before?
wow... i did not know that !
:)

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	From: isolt	Date: May 1st, 2008 12:38 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Congratulations to

imtboo! And good luck with the move...

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	From: isolt	Date: May 1st, 2008 12:39 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Also, you should talk to

peculiaire, who is recent to the Bay Area, but well connected, as is her nature to be wherever she goes.

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