While we're at it....let me address some pros and cons (from my humble POV)
Pros:
-Number ONE: It's SUNNY! During the summer, when it's cold, gloomy, and freezing in the rest of the city, MB is nearly always sunny. Great for you SoCal people.
-Clean and still pretty new
-Plenty of parking (though it costs $100 per month) Your parking pass will get you free parking after 4:45 at Parnassus though.
-No deposit or credit check
-Maintenance crew is great and very quick
-Gym is AMAZING (3 levels, 2 pools including one on the roof, tv's on all cardio machines, great classes)
-Shuttles take you to lots of major areas, including school, bus stops, downtown, safeway, several major medical centers, AND there's a "local" which acts as sort of a free taxi weekday evenings.
-Let me add that shuttles are clean, bum free, and urine free....especially when compared to public transportation
-Walking distance to Giants stadium, safeway, food, embarcadero and farmers market (though it is a bit far for walking to get to the popular piers)
-New "T Line" which you can catch right outside the building and presumably take to the N-Judah...which you will be intimately familiar with.
Cons:
-Construction, construction, CONSTRUCTION: LOTS of constructions going on everywhere....on the streets...to the north of us (New Cancer building is wiping out the bay view for the North building residents)...the the east of us (office building of some sorts) and SOMETIMES the construction people like to be funny and start at 7AM. They've been pretty good about it lately though...no construction until after 8 on weekdays.
-"Far" from school....about 1/2 hr by shuttle or driving+parking.
-Shuttles can cause sea-sickness in some people. If this is you do NOT sit in the back of the shuttle. The "Big Blue" that picks us up in the morning is a typical charter bus....much larger and more comfortable
-Not much out here yet. Some cool places (both cheap and expensive) by the ballpark....but not nearly as many cool hangouts as at Parnassus.
-As of right now all of the shops that were supposed to be opening in the building (food, banks, etc) are still closed. We've been told that we're getting a Subway and a coffee shop very soon....big whoopdeedoo!
That's all that I can think of at the moment. I'm sure there's more. I like living out here.....though there have been some times when it's been frustrating. The last shuttle from Parnassus leaves at 10 PM, so if you are hanging out late you need to drive or make sure you make other arrangements. When you are a second year you may have a problem with signing another year lease if you are going to be leaving on rotations.....but that's nothing you have to worry about right now.
Any other ?'s....LMK.
we seriously don't know how this works.
