Moving to the SF Bay area...

[Schumi]

Specifically, Fremont area.

[Tobra]

You will be here just in time to go auto crossing at Sears Point, perfect.

Fremont has a BART station, which can be very handy if you need/want to go into the city.

Tahoe is a few hours away if you like to ski, wine country is close by and there are a lot of groovy places to go in the foothills that have some truly stellar roads to and fro.

[ckissick]

Just make sure you have an easy commute. But Fremont is as dull as it gets. I suppose you could live in a more interesting place and take BART. Is the job near BART?

[JavaBrewer]

Originally Posted by Schumi

So instead I'm going to be freighting my computer equipment up to my new office on a pallet.... and my company's paying for it. They don't know this yet, but they are.

There is a saying that goes something like "If you want it done right do it yourself". Shipping fragile equipment that your livelihood depends on does not suit pallet shipping. I would rent a fat SUV and drive the stuff to SF and self deliver/install at your new desk. The drive up I-5 is painless. No worries or concerns and you will know that come Monday you have your stuff ready and good to go.

I would only trust a moving company to handle stuff that is a) unbreakable b) breakable but replaceable under insurance. Everything else - self move. BTDT.

Congrats on the move to SF. What a great place. +1 on BART to the city - very convenient and speedy.

[jyl]

Fremont is not real interesting, but it is liveable, and there's something to be said for living close to work at first, while you establish yourself in your job and learn the area.

I know the Bay Area, so I'd live in San Francisco and BART to Fremont then bike to work from BART (great city, but pretty long ride on the train, check schedule), or live in Berkeley and BART (more laid back than SF, probably way less fun for a young single guy, but significantly shorter train ride).

[speeder]

Sorry i never got around to visiting you at Tesla or hanging out in L.A., but I'm going to make it up to you next time I'm in SF. We've got that city hard wired. I have a good time up there and eat like king. Might go up for final World Series games, my good friend's dad owns the Giants.

[speeder]

Oh, and you have to live in the city somehow.

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by JavaBrewer

There is a saying that goes something like "If you want it done right do it yourself".

Don't ignore Java. I think it's sage advice.

Congrats on moving to the Bay Area. Where you were living is storybook SoCal. But now you get to experience the most charismatic city on the west coast. There's a reason why real estate is stupid expensive in San Fran. Hope the GF can make a move to be with you soon.

[speeder]

[Maxim S]

I might be moving to the Bay next year too. Probably gonna have to be a 40min-1hr commute out, though. GF's (finally) graduating and most of the job leads she's got are there.

Originally Posted by scottmandue

RE: GF, airfare Sac to LGB is super cheap

San Jose might be a better option. Fares to and from Sac have gone up since they built a new terminal and slapped a surcharge on tix to pay for it.

Originally Posted by Schumi

I also decided not to try and fit my work machine into my Lotus.... not worth it plus the car is going to be on it's weight limit as it is. So instead I'm going to be freighting my computer equipment up to my new office on a pallet.... and my company's paying for it. They don't know this yet, but they are.

Personally, what I'd do is pull all the hard drives and carry them up yourself in something safe. Get a Pelican case if you have to. The rest of the hardware can be replaced if they drop the pallet or something, the data on those drives can't.

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by speeder

Remember that TV progam "The streets of San Francisco". This would be a good intersection for it.

[Mahler9th]

Lots of interesting things going on in Fremont. LeMans Karting is one of them. Owned by a friend and fellow PCA member.

Quite a few folks interested in Porsches and cars in general. Lots of people in the Tesla network too.

Welcome and let us know if we can help with getting to further know the area.

Lots of apartment places, and townhouses and condos can be rented. Some have huge garage spaces.

[Mahler9th]

And of course you likely know the GG chapter of the Lotus club is pretty active.

[Deschodt]

Good for you ! I've been trying to move back to the bay area for 5 years now ;-) Great race tracks, diverse foods, and more importantly hills, damn I miss hills !

[Schumi]

I am going to prefer living within a 10 minute non-highway drive to work, no living across the bay or BART for me. The reason being is that I regularly work 80 hr/wk and cannot afford extra commute time. Schedules change often and I never am in a routine, sometimes being required to start at 6:30AM and other times needing to be there on odd hours on saturdays and sundays.... not really wanting to deal with commuting plus that.

I currently live 30 minutes away from where I work in LA. It is an hour of my life every day that is wasted.

Many of my colleagues BART in to work and read or laptop on the train, but I have never found that capability to read or do anything on a train. Plus it makes me feel like some sort of robot- wake up, get on train, get on shuttle, go to work, leave work, get on train... etc...

I'm looking for a place up in the Mission hills area/Weibel.

[jyl]

Mission Hills is nice. Lot of good Chinese food in Fremont.

[vash]

Originally Posted by jyl

Mission Hills is nice. Lot of good Chinese food in Fremont.

yup!^^

BART blows unless you are using it for something fun..it gets costly too.

either way..welcome.

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by speeder

Oh, and you have to live in the city somehow.

SF is a great place to live. Pricey, but an excellent place to live. I did not drive my car for two years. Drove back and forth to Sacramento once or twice a month to see my family, but that was it.

There is a TON of stuff to do in and around The City. You definitely do not want to commute in the Bay Area. If you have a bicycle and get a place close enough, you would probably be able to ride it to work at least 300 days a year and not get rained on, probably more than that.

[nostatic]

I lived in middle Richmond, worked in inner Sunset. Commuted by bike most days, took the bus when it rained hard. Later I lived to Berkeley and commuted by BART and N Judah. That worked fairly well but I only did it for 6 months until I moved back down to socal.

Young and single - yes to living in SF proper for some amount of time. But if your job is in east bay and you hate to commute by train, then it probably isn't worth it.

[Mahler9th]

That is a nice area. I live nearby and have a few buddies who are into cars and racing that also live here.

We have a fairly good handle on the eats in the area. Good sushi at Yuki's for example.