My wife and I have been casually thinking of moving apartments.

Hagfish fancier v4.02.01

@[email protected] the way it was described to me a while back is that transit in sf was designed mainly to funnel people into and out of downtown. the further away you are from that, usually in a north/south direction, the more time you need to add

Adrianna Tan

@pagrus I saw a place I really liked in like, twin peaks, and of course driving to sf state is 8 min but transit is going back all the way back to market then going onto the M, which takes the same time as just taking the M from civic center

So many pockets are like that

Hagfish fancier v4.02.01

@[email protected] I live not too far from you but it is an inconvenience to take transit aside from a handful of routes

Adrianna Tan

@teajaygrey oh for sure

Diego

@skinnylatte Feeling that right now as I have to move to a small town for my partner's work and we're absolutely only considering places within a 10 min walk of the train station.

Adrianna Tan

@DiegoBeghin ooh, in which country?

Adrianna Tan

Who am I kidding, the furthest we will likely move is like, lower pac heights or Hayes valley

Being further away from city center density will absolutely drive me up a wall (I don’t do well outside those areas; even the Richmond and sunset is too suburban for me)

Adrianna Tan

Flashback to when I took a Singaporean kid who was moving to sf to noe valley to look at apartments and she was like ‘I can’t live here, it’s too suburban’ and I felt so seen

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@skinnylatte We liked Nob Hill (Sacramento/Hyde). When we had kids we moved to central Richmond (just north of GGP near Park Presidio) and we were a bit nervous about “the ‘burbs,” but it’s great out here being so close to GGP and the Presidio. Miss the Nob Hill area sometimes but it was definitely not great for biking around with kids.

Hagfish fancier v4.02.01

@[email protected] I do like being close to Chinatown though, and walking to any number of places is downhill at least. it can be a drag coming back home though

Adrianna Tan

@rombat id take inner Richmond over the actual burbs any day. But it’ll still be an adjustment for sure

Adrianna Tan

@pagrus it’s also so weird to me how north beach is so.. transit lite

Finite Hate Machine

@skinnylatte I used to live in those ex-army apartments above baker beach and it felt like I was in Marin or something

Adrianna Tan

@secretasianman oh yeah they’re really nice but so remote

That’s why people like it I guess

Finite Hate Machine

@skinnylatte I worked just down the hill at the press so it was nice but I remember walking back with a 50lb bag of rice from Clement St and that nearly killed me

Adrianna Tan

@secretasianman an ebike these days should fix that!

Keep Hoping Machine Running

@skinnylatte I don't know what your commutes are like, but I'm on the Castro/Mission Dolores border and feel like I have excellent transit access here (which is great because I am 100% a non-driver). Just a couple blocks to all the Castro station Muni lines (K/T, L, M) in one direction and the J in the other, an extra couple blocks to the N, plus the F is right there, and so are literally over half a dozen buses that go places I want to go. 12-minute walk/5-minute bike ride to BART, too.

Adrianna Tan

@rhiannonstone yeah that’s the one place that could work

heipiqi

I just moved and found some super helpful info about the process. Knowing what services are out there helped me pick a solid moving company.

This article I read explains what to expect when moving. They break down services like packing, loading, and even storage options. Super handy if you're trying to figure out what you need. Here's the link: https://threemovers.com/apartment-moving-services-what-to-expect/ , definitely worth checking out.