I don't know how people do it,
live in the South Bay and think that it's awesome.
Since I started working down here, whenever people find out that I live in the city and that I commute each day, they totally flip out. It's really not that far. It's like, 30 miles. On a Saturday I can make it here in like, 25 minutes. On a week day it's more like 35-40. Still, that's not so bad. When I lived in Boston, I commuted outside of the city to work and it was more like 90 minutes on a good day, to go 30 miles. Still, it does bug the crap outta me to drive down here. every.day.
There are some things that I like about the area.:
--Just about every road is bikeable and has bike lanes and is filled with hot biking guys.
--No sexual ambiguity! It's a totally different world down here. If I see a cute guy he's usually straight! Bonus!
--The weather. So much nicer than SF.
--Parking. Man you can park ANYWHERE! Sometimes I drive over to Palo Alto to go to Wholefoods and get stressed about finding parking and then when I get there, at the height of lunch hour, there are spaces everywhere. (this does not apply to Trader Joes)
If I had to live down here, like, if someone paid me a million dollars to do it, I would live in Palo Alto. It seems to have everything I need. Cute shops, Wholefoods, funky restaurants. Cool bars. I would consider it, you know, if someone gave me a million dollars.
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San Carlos is where it's at.
I've been working in Palo Alto (just over the creek in Menlo, but a 5-min walk from downtown PA) for 21 months, and I gotta tell you, if I had to live here, I'd fucking shoot somebody. Namely a yuppie in a BMW. It's a cute little town, but goddamn, there is no soul here whatsoever.
But I'd do it for $1MM. PLUS a house. So let's say $3MM.
i totally understand that. as i was driving down el camino real at lunch today, i was thinking, there is nothing special about this place. its Everytown, USA out here.
once i thought it would be cool to live in the ewok village. then i realized ewoks are annoying and not very cute.
i'd take no less than $20 million to live in palo alto and id use most of the money to import people of color... people of color who arent gardeners and housecleaners and nannies. OH! that reminds me, id ship out all those effing kids people have in the suburbs. essentially id turn it into sf.
prattle: i *heart* you.
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