Bay Area Ranger Fans - HELP!

and get a memebership at LA FItness/24 Hour Fitness to take showers. 5 months will fly by.

while you’re looking for a longer term rental, try these sites:

CrashPadder
AirBnB
Roomerama
iStopOver

something like this for short term rentals
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/apa/2151504311.html

If you’ll be near Fisherman’s Wharf, I suggest you live in North Beach. For me, proximity to work is pretty crucial, as coming from the East Bay or South will likely take you a long time. North Beach is pretty expensive rent wise though, a studio will run you $1200-1400, but you can generally find short term rentals or shared apartment which would be cheaper. There are also areas like Inner Richmond, Mission, and the Sunset, where you can find cheaper places and they’re all accessible by Bus or the underground (Muni), which run 24/7

Plus living in the city is just fucking awesome, way better than any other part of the Bay.

definitely check craigslist.

I would also check what bus line runs by your work, then you can check out places off that bus line, no matter where you are it shouldnt be more than a 20-30 minute ride by bus, especially if you live right off it.

definitely check out north beach, russian hill, nob hill and try to see if anyone is looking for roomates. you probably get $1,000+a month if you’re going in by yourself in a studio.

if you dont mind a hike to work, but looking for the cheapest place check out richmond and sunset areas north of golden gate park.

do not get a place in tenderloin, no matter how cheap it is. filled with crack heads, homless bums and hookers….though that may be your thing.

you may also find a decent deal in the mission, which has it’s dodgy areas too, and is half hipster/half hispanic area, and shouldnt be too bad a commute

I’m surprised no one suggested couchsurfing.org as a short term solution. It’s a large global social network of people who offer their couches to crashers from all over the world. You may be able to find someone(s) who will be willing to host you for a few nights.

As for longer-term: it really depends on preferences. I get the sense you are young and hard core about saving money, and if that’s the case then I disagree with several of the suggestions made here.

1) Do not live in the city. It is obv much funner and easier to commute, but will cost you substantially more. That is unless you are slightly braver in which case you can look into:
2) The Tenderloin. It is not nice or clean, and yes there are a lot of black people, but it’s also not very dangerous if you know how to conduct yourself in a low-income neighborhood of a big city. It is also gentrifying fairly quickly (especially on the edges) and has a lot of good cheap restaurants. And it’s super close to downtown.
3) You can also look into cheaper areas in the Mission, or way out in Sunset or Richmond.
4) You can always scour craigslist for really cheap housing in the city. It will usually come in the form of people who live in places where they convert common space to bedrooms, or share bedrooms.
5) If you don’t care much for city life and will be focusing on work then consult the BART map and look to live close to one of the more distant stations. Your office is going to be blocks from the downtown SF BART stations.

Best of luck to you.

I don’t live in the Bay area, but I do have one piece of advice:

Fuck saving money as a priority. You are going to one of the greatest cities in the world, and will only be there a short period of time. I’m guessing you are both young and single. It is entirely possible you might not get another opportunity like this. So get a place convenient to the stuff you want to see and do, don’t live alone, make lots of friends, and sleep as little as humanly possible.

5 or 10 or 20 years from now, which are you more likely to regret: not coming back with a little savings, or not sucking down every last delicious drop of SanFran cultustorical juice?

Just got the job, the bad thing is that I have to start work next Thursday morning! HO-LEE-SHIT!

My flight is on Tuesday morning. I have 3 days to pack a suitcase that will last me 5 months, and I’m on my own for finding a place to stay. REALLY NEED to find a place for around 10 days!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!