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Good point.

Is that enough to make the city more attractive? Isn't office space cheaper in MV or PA?

SF actually has an abundance of reasonably priced office space. I don't know the medians, but a quick glance at http://www.rofo.com/CA/Mountain-View and http://www.rofo.com/CA/San-Francisco shows similar price to square foot ratios.

The rates are comparable per sqft if you're willing to be in a seedy part of town (mission, west soma). If you want to be in the nicer parts of SF, if you can even find a good listing, it will cost way more.

That said I'm super happy with workout out of the mission near the 24th street bart. And it's very affordable.

Office space is reasonably comparable.

Housing is phenomenally more expensive, especially when compared to MV or Sunnyvale.

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