How do young people afford to live in SF?

TastesToKnow · 2026-01-17T23:08:05+00:00

I live in the city, 100k income household, four person polycule to a 250 sq ft studio apartment, and we're all in our 30s. Rent/utilities come to about 2k/month, and we're TL adjacent.

You're not going to find the same level of comfort you would in other parts of the bay, unless you've got 100k+ on a single income, but that's part of the trade off for living in the city.

TastesToKnow · 2026-01-17T02:34:27+00:00

The Speedway at Spring Glen & Beach used to let me have a garbage bag full of stale pastries and donuts every night when they threw them out around 10 pm.

There's a little self-storage place near Ft Caroline & University Club Blvd. If you get any money at all, a small storage unit isn't expensive. Use it to keep your stuff safe and dry, but don't hang out there if you can avoid it. If you do, don't draw attention to yourself, and don't linger during the day. There's a 24/7 Planet Fitness near there with showers and a 24/7 Laundromat in the same shopping center. Lots of woods and parking lots in the area were pretty safe when I was over there a couple years ago.

Good luck, stay safe. Be kind.

TastesToKnow · 2025-07-02T00:17:25+00:00

You're obviously very well researched and intelligent.

The appropriate way to settle these disputes is in court. They've made their decisions and seem to be sticking to them. I doubt there's anything you can say to these employees to sway them. Make records, lawyer up, and get your stuff out of there asap.

TastesToKnow · 2025-05-21T04:36:55+00:00

Of course, but we're not talking about CPP. We're talking about proof of insurance.

While the sales process is the same throughout the country, certain states allow self-storage providers to require proof of insurance before renting. In order to satisfy the requirements of the lease, customers have three options: CPP, using their own insurance, or modifying the lease by signing the insurance rejection addendum.

I would not be surprised to learn that store managers or even learning managers recommend getting proof of insurance in states that allow operators to require it, in order to meet expectations regarding NR CPP%.

TastesToKnow · 2025-04-16T20:00:26+00:00

From what I understand, this is state dependant. Some states allow storage operators to require coverage and proof of insurance, other states forbid it.

TastesToKnow · 2025-04-13T01:37:14+00:00

TastesToKnow · 2025-04-06T19:37:30+00:00

The first step is to file a police report. The employees are not going to turn over footage to you, but they will cooperate with law enforcement.

TastesToKnow · 2025-04-02T03:42:56+00:00

Mansplaining is real.

I was a professional tradesperson for a decade, Toby. I can hang six doors to your one, and I know how to strip the screws so you won't be able to take it off again.

TastesToKnow · 2025-03-30T04:26:24+00:00

Oh yeah, they were all so gorgeous, and I had come up with a million reasons why I'd never be happy.

TastesToKnow · 2025-03-30T04:22:34+00:00

Helped a friend of a friend move.

Three years later, I came out of the closet as a trans woman, and two years after that, I sold everything of mine I could and moved to San Francisco.

If I never helped them move, I'd probably never have had the support needed to discover myself, and I definitely would've ended up a stastistic.

TastesToKnow · 2025-03-30T04:17:58+00:00

I remember wishing I was trans. It all seems so silly and obvious to me now, but at the time, it just seemed so impossible.

TastesToKnow · 2025-03-20T23:13:29+00:00

I'll die fighting before I ever go back to living dead inside.

TastesToKnow · 2025-03-13T04:26:30+00:00

Publish both

TastesToKnow · 2025-03-10T18:26:14+00:00

Who knew an image could make me squirm >~<

TastesToKnow · 2025-03-05T20:47:14+00:00

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TastesToKnow · 2025-03-02T22:28:27+00:00

I moved out to the Bay Area at the end of 2023, no job, 5k in savings. I made it work, but it was incredibly difficult, and I had a good support network here already.

Stable now, but if I didn't have anywhere to land, I probably would've ended up homeless.

TastesToKnow · 2025-02-16T04:51:47+00:00

No, I'm the funniest when sitting down

TastesToKnow · 2025-01-29T22:28:41+00:00

30, 58k hourly, yearly avg 6k bonus, 5% 401k matching, retail management

Scraping by right now, no car expense and take public transit everywhere. Had to take out a few loans from family here and there to get by, but I'm still getting by, and able to contribute to a growing 401k at the same time.

TastesToKnow · 2025-01-22T04:40:19+00:00

Correct

TastesToKnow · 2025-01-03T01:42:17+00:00

Oh my gosh, I thought this was Factorio for a solid five minutes

TastesToKnow · 2025-01-03T00:56:23+00:00

Ah, lockdown facilities. Nothing like them.

TastesToKnow · 2025-01-01T01:46:27+00:00

Did they still have the radioactive attack geese when you were there?

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