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Yikes. I wouldn't do it.

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Live across the bay in Fremont. You can buy a house sub$900k

I promise it's not that bad. With all the money you save you can actually afford to go out in the city. Sucks living in SF but then being too broke to do anything

3 days a week isn't horrible. But I did that commute for years and I wouldn't personally do it again.

You can take CalTrain, which isn't half bad and has wifi, if that helps any

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