[Foundation-l] Relocation announcement

[Sue Gardner]

George Herbert wrote:
> I wouldn't recommend looking for office space in the Haight, though.
> No good long distance rapid transit.
>
> In dot-com terms; SOMA was ground zero, but that's faded a lot and
> spread out to the rest of the Bay Area.  (For those not familar, SOMA
> is South of Market Area, the area south of Market Street, bounded by
> Market, Van Ness, the 101/80 freeways, and King Street / China Basin
> on the south.  It's about a square mile.)  The vibrant geek culture of
> the late 1990s in that area is muted by comparison; there's still a
> focal point there, but it's much less central to the region's modern
> web-based activities.
>
> I spent a number of years working in the area and in the web industry,
> until the bust.
>
> It's still a cool place to be, but it's not the same.  For the most
> part, everyone got cars and commutes now, so the scene diffused...
>
>   
George, Marc, Sue, others - what neighbourhoods might you recommend?  
Fundamentally, for that first year, we are looking for something 
transit-accessible, central, and as cheap as possible. A little seedy 
would be okay.