[Foundation-l] Relocation announcement

[Ray Saintonge]

George Herbert wrote:
> On 9/22/07, Stephen Bain wrote:
>   
>> On 9/23/07, Ray Saintonge wrote:
>>     
>>> If that includes a small apartment building.  We could have a wiki-house
>>> as a place for visitors to find inexpensive accommodation.
>>>       
>> It would be tricky to maintain; people would always be rearranging the
>> furniture.
>>     
> Commenting on SF Bay Area housing - It's very expensive, but there are
> reasonably nice lower price areas with good commute options.  If the
> Foundation ends up near the BART rapid transit system (hopefully!),
> then that runs from far out in the East Bay in four separate
> directions, in through San Francisco proper and south of it.  Houses
> and condos and appartments are far cheaper in Livermore, Walnut Creek,
> etc. than in San Francisco or Cupertino.
>
> I hope that the Foundation considers locating outside San Francisco
> city limits, however; getting in to San Francisco if you're not coming
> in on BART can be difficult at rush hour.  In particular, for coming
> in for meetings and the like, downtown SF is hard to get into and find
> parking in at midday.
Since transportation access was a major factor in moving from St. 
Petersburg, it would seem that some weight could be given to communities 
near the SFO airport.  While BART could take us through San Francisco 
and Oakland to the other side we would not want people caught up 
unexpectedly in rush-hour when they are scrambling to catch a flight out.

My idea of the small apartment building was at least half serious.  I 
was thinking less of those people who come in for one or two days for a 
meeting than those who might come in for periods between two weeks and 
three months to volunteer in a special project.

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