SF is expensive as hell for a US city, but compared to London it's cheap. In an international cost of living index I saw recently, London was ranked 5th SF came in at just 34th.
That list was made by Mercer Consulting, a mammoth HR Consulting firm that is hired by multinational companies and so that's pretty much what it reflects - if you worked for, say, Citigroup or Cisco Systems, and were being relocated, which would be more expensive? Rents in LA are way cheaper, but if you read the report the main driver for rising American cities was the cost of gas. And SFers are not bearing the brunt of that, because it is assumed that they aren't making huge commutes (although if they were working for Cisco, they would be driving to San Jose every day... bad example).
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So if someone else was paying, what neighbourhoods are good/interesting/safe?
Young Phonics has dropped his haunt list - what about the other SF dwellers?
Again, thanks for the
That list was made by Mercer Consulting, a mammoth HR Consulting firm that is hired by multinational companies and so that's pretty much what it reflects - if you worked for, say, Citigroup or Cisco Systems, and were being relocated, which would be more expensive? Rents in LA are way cheaper, but if you read the report the main driver for rising American cities was the cost of gas. And SFers are not bearing the brunt of that, because it is assumed that they aren't making huge commutes (although if they were working for Cisco, they would be driving to San Jose every day... bad example).