You guys got room for one more?

I used to commute from Sac to SJ. It's 1.5-2 hours no traffic, 3-4 with depending on the time and accidents. If you can get off commute times it would be helpful. Livermore/San Ramon area is very nice but still up there in price. Same with Gilroy/Morgan Hill. I believe the housing will be easier to find in Gilroy although I wouldn't want to live there. LOL You are looking at a minimum of an hour commute to the Bay Area.

welcome to cali buck...I am from Richmond..it's got so crazy with rent,ghettoness and traffic we moved way north...it's cheaper to live up here, and imo the people are awesome..but also no work...

There are some decent blue collar areas that arent super hood. East of oakland through the tunnel is concord,martinez,and pleasant hill. South of oakland along the bay there is san leandro and hayward. Im not sure on rent prices but they would probably be cheaper than most areas without going out too far.

UncleBuck said:

on that note, how is the commute around those parts?

looks like there might be some hope of a decent place in the pleasanton/livermore area, maybe even the gilroy/morgan hill area, but that's gonna be a 30-45 minute commute with perfect roads. kinda curious about what kind of fuckery the traffic introduces to that equation.

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Live-no-more sucks, but at least it's not as shady as some of the other places in that price range. Gilroy/Morgan Hill is also a good option if you don't like getting shot at while enjoying cheap rent.

the only bright side to this whole year long arrangement is that i do have family in willits that grows, so at least i don't have to find a new clientele.

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Careful if you're planning on bringing things in or out of Willits. It's the most notorious bust spot on the whole pipeline down from Humboldt. I've been pulled over and searched for no apparent reason at all. Was going the speed limit /w cruise control set, cops pulled me over for "speeding", then got to the window and said "I smell marijuana please step out of the vehicle.". I was riding clean at the time. The cops just pull people over and randomly search cars. Be warned.

One thing to think about too, is if you plan on indoor growing the closer to the water you live the better. The bay area has different micro climates. The areas close to the ocean or bay generally have cool temperatures(40s-70s) with little variation and you can grow year round without AC just by cooling your room/hoods with outdoor air. Im in Oakland close to the bay and it is perfect. Going inland like San Jose and the Livermore area you mentioned have scathing temperatures in the summer.

U need to be getting to where u know who was or is still from. About a little more than an hour from San Jose. Places every where. I'm not joking get the fuck out here.

Oh cali you are really fucked now

perhaps the way to go is to live in the valley and comute to SJ ?

I'm in the valley myself.

UncleBuck said:

man, i'm fucked.

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Fuckin lame. Hope you can find a cool place to do outdoors again. Gonna be tough though. Wtf, do you just move to another state every year?

mwooten102 said:

perhaps the way to go is to live in the valley and comute to SJ ?

I'm in the valley myself.

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my wife is the one who will be doing the commute, she doesn't want anything over an hour. nor would i if i were commuting.

we're even looking at hollister now.

PeyoteReligion said:

Fuckin lame. Hope you can find a cool place to do outdoors again. Gonna be tough though. Wtf, do you just move to another state every year?

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her internship doesn't start until late august, so i will move her in and finish my outdoor up here in portland, join her in november.

and yes, after our year in the bay area, we will be moving again. hopefully for good this time to our little farm that we want.

A.Jones4daWIN said:

I bet you're mad you don't try harder in life so you could go live in the castro

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go away, you internet gaylord.

patterson alot of new house that everyone was forclosed on 5 yr old house for cheap rent considering ca. tracy also not so bad.

Dan Kone said:

Careful if you're planning on bringing things in or out of Willits. It's the most notorious bust spot on the whole pipeline down from Humboldt. I've been pulled over and searched for no apparent reason at all. Was going the speed limit /w cruise control set, cops pulled me over for "speeding", then got to the window and said "I smell marijuana please step out of the vehicle.". I was riding clean at the time. The cops just pull people over and randomly search cars. Be warned.

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as a former resident of Mendo i can confirm that dan is 100% right hwy 101 runs right thru the middle of willits and the WPD is bored as fuck and loves to pull over out of state or cars with license plate frames from Socal

So you are saying, if you are going on VaCa to ride the Skunk RR in Willits, don't have any skunk on you ?

Houses in sacramento, rancho cordova, stockton avg. rent for 3-4 bedroom house front and back yard $900-$1200 and thats in the nice areas!...you can find a house in oakpark/south sacramento for $800-900 easy but you would have be very secret about your grow in south sac. better off in the north areas

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So you are saying, if you are going on VaCa to ride the Skunk RR in Willits, don't have any skunk on you ?

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im saying only drive thru willits in the day when its kinda busy on the highway at night your chances of getting pulled over r a lot greater

shynee mac said:

Houses in sacramento, rancho cordova, stockton avg. rent for 3-4 bedroom house front and back yard $900-$1200 and thats in the nice areas!...you can find a house in oakpark/south sacramento for $800-900 easy but you would have be very secret about your grow in south sac. better off in the north areas

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His lady only wants a 1 hr commute. Sac to SJ is like 3 hours. I would never want to live in oakpark/south sac from all the stories I've heard living there.

What city does your wife have work in? That will help a lot. Bay area commutes are a bitch.

adower said:

His lady only wants a 1 hr commute. Sac to SJ is like 3 hours. I would never want to live in oakpark/south sac from all the stories I've heard living there.

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Commuting from Sac. would suck. Your life would consist of driving, working, and sleeping. Not much time for anything else.