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How I found an amazing apartment near San Francisco with only my phone — and...
Last month, I moved out of my apartment in San Francisco to a place in Burlingame, a suburban area 30 minutes south of the city.Finding a place in the suburbs is no easy deal: public transportation is...
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This interactive map shows how unaffordable San Francisco has become since 2010
San Francisco has the highest percentage of million-dollar homes in the United States, according to a study released this morning by online real estate broker Trulia.A whopping 63% of homes in the city...
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San Francisco's million-dollar home boom in 6 GIFs
Million dollar homes in San Francisco have more than doubled since 2010, and some neighborhoods have seen even bigger spikes.San Francisco is the City by the Bay, and home to the Golden Gate Bridge,...
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London's explosive property market means office rents are rising faster than...
Rental costs in London offices are going up even faster than new skyscrapers, according to a major new report from real estate consultancy Knight Frank.The cost of renting an office went up by around...
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Rent in San Francisco is so expensive that it’s cheaper to commute from Las...
Reddit user yourslice poses a humble question to all those San Francisco residents fed up with rising rents: Why not move to Las Vegas and commute back to the Bay Area?There are probably better...
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I joined a secret society and loved it, but now it's just another failed startup
For the last year or so, I've been a member of a secret society.I never took full advantage of my membership the way I should have. And now, I never will, because the Latitude Society officially closed...
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Here's the prison Mark Zuckerberg visited that teaches inmates how to code
Just last week, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, visited San Quentin, a prison near Silicon Valley that teaches some of its inmates how to code. This visit comes after he read Michelle...
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A 23-year-old Google employee lives in a truck in the company's parking lot...
When 23-year-old Brandon headed from Massachusetts to the Bay Area in mid-May to start work as a software engineer at Google, he opted out of settling into an overpriced San Francisco apartment....
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14 chefs tell you where to eat brunch in San Francisco
You know what’s great? Brunch. You know what’s better? Yeah, us neither. That’s why we asked the experts — 14 top SF chefs — about where they get their eggs Benny come Saturday and Sunday morning......
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San Francisco restaurants received a record number of Michelin stars
(Reuters) - Michelin handed out stars to a record number of San Francisco-area restaurants in the latest edition of its guide to be launched next Wednesday.Michelin, which rates restaurants in 24...
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Here's why a 23-year-old Google employee is living in a truck on the...
The cost of living in San Francisco is laughably steep.The Economic Policy Institute estimates that single people should allocate $3,632 for monthly expenses, which amounts to over $40,000 a year.Most...
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Brandon is a 23-year-old software engineer at Google in California. But instead of paying extortionate Silicon Valley rent prices, Brandon lives in a truck in the parking lot. Produced by Jenner Deal....
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Airbnb takes down controversial ads after offending San Francisco residents
Airbnb is removing controversial ads that offered alternate suggestions as to what the city could do with the money Airbnb pays in hotel tax. Some of the ads offered funny San Francisco-centric...
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A Google employee lives in a truck in the company's parking lot — here's what...
When one 23-year-old left home for San Francisco to become a software engineer at Google, he didn't trade in his college dorm room for an apartment.He moved into a 128-square-foot truck to save money...
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5 hiking trails that will make you want to book a trip to San Francisco
There are hundreds of good reasons to move to the East Bay -- specifically, the amount of dollars you're saving by not renting a 400 sqft closet for $1500 a month.But that rent break definitely...
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I had two competing startups do my laundry — here's who won
In San Francisco, my apartment is full of "charm"— a word that loosely translates into great crown molding, but no modern appliances like a washer or dryer. Not even in the building. Normally, I just...
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We're seeing the first signs of trouble in San Francisco's red-hot...
San Francisco's hot housing market could be showing signs of trouble.In a note to clients on Friday, analysts at Morgan Stanley led by Vance Edelson wrote: "The tech IPO slowdown has stoked concern...
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AirBNB just lost its most valuable edge in the sharing economy
Over the past several days, Airbnb has swung through the full cycle of Internet outrage. It began on Wednesday in response to a series of ads that the home-sharing company had posted around San...
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Morgan Stanley on San Francisco rents: It'll take 'more than a mild slowdown'...
While the tech sector may be slowing down, that won't stop the surge in Bay Area rents.In a note to clients on Friday, Morgan Stanley analyst Vance Edelson said, "it will take more than a mild slowdown...
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A Google employee living in a truck in the company parking lot is saving 90%...
When your only fixed living cost is truck insurance, you can save a large chunk of your income.One San Francisco-based Google employee in this exact situation, who lives in a 128-square-foot truck in...
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