I'm going to be in San Francisco for at least 3 months, hopefully longer, yet as someone who's never been there, I've got no idea about accommodation.
I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on finding a place, finding roommates, hacker houses, etc. Basically I've got no idea about the best locations, the options, etc, all I know is that I want a place close to 923 Market St!
Thanks in advance.
- SoMa is not too far a walk from there. It's all newer developments, so they tend to be more expensive, especially as you move closer to the Caltrain station. But they're nicer apartments with amenities like an in building gym and if you're near Caltrain you can get down to San Mateo or Palo Alto on a train. Palo Alto + Stanford may be a fun day trip.
- You're very close to bart and muni there, so really the entire city and east bay are only a 15 minute commute away. If you're in the city for a summer, the Mission and Dolores Park area are awesome if you can snag a place. Great character, cheap food, some higher end food, and a neighborhood feel to lots of it.
Planning on moving my start-up there early next year and would like to find a room mate or a Hacker House that I can crash at from time to time.
http://www.walkscore.com/apartments/
At least some of them allow limiting your search to places that are reachable by mass transit within a certain amount of time.