Newcomer's Handbook for Moving to and Living in the San Francisco Bay Area

The Newcomer's Handbook® for Moving to and Living in the San Francisco Bay Area: Including San Jose, Oakland, Berkeley, and Palo Alto, fifth edition, was extensively updated and revised. This 467-page new edition maintains its strong focus on both San Francisco and the entire region, especially Silicon Valley. Of the 200 pages devoted exclusively to discussion of neighborhoods and communities, 50% describe San Francisco neighborhoods and North Bay communities, while 50% focus on the East Bay, Peninsula, and South Bay towns.

Three features are brand-new for this edition:

Tips for dealing with the skyrocketing costs of the San Francisco real estate market.

An insider's view of the region's cultural diversity (including the newest museums, venues, and scenes).

Useful information on the region's vibrant technology sector (including companies like Airbnb, Uber, Facebook, Apple, and Google).

From Santa Rosa to San Francisco to Vallejo, from Walnut Creek to Oakland to Newark, and from San Bruno to San Jose to Los Gatos, this Newcomer's Handbook®, written by Daniel King, provides its readers with the most up-to-date information on housing styles, costs, and trends; redevelopment; and all the other niceties of Bay Area life, including education and childcare, transportation, cultural life, and much more.

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Newcomer's Handbook for Moving to and Living in the San Francisco Bay Area

The Newcomer's Handbook® for Moving to and Living in the San Francisco Bay Area: Including San Jose, Oakland, Berkeley, and Palo Alto, fifth edition, was extensively updated and revised. This 467-page new edition maintains its strong focus on both San Francisco and the entire region, especially Silicon Valley. Of the 200 pages devoted exclusively to discussion of neighborhoods and communities, 50% describe San Francisco neighborhoods and North Bay communities, while 50% focus on the East Bay, Peninsula, and South Bay towns.

Three features are brand-new for this edition:

Tips for dealing with the skyrocketing costs of the San Francisco real estate market.

An insider's view of the region's cultural diversity (including the newest museums, venues, and scenes).

Useful information on the region's vibrant technology sector (including companies like Airbnb, Uber, Facebook, Apple, and Google).

From Santa Rosa to San Francisco to Vallejo, from Walnut Creek to Oakland to Newark, and from San Bruno to San Jose to Los Gatos, this Newcomer's Handbook®, written by Daniel King, provides its readers with the most up-to-date information on housing styles, costs, and trends; redevelopment; and all the other niceties of Bay Area life, including education and childcare, transportation, cultural life, and much more.

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Newcomer's Handbook for Moving to and Living in the San Francisco Bay Area

Newcomer's Handbook for Moving to and Living in the San Francisco Bay Area

by Daniel King
Newcomer's Handbook for Moving to and Living in the San Francisco Bay Area

Newcomer's Handbook for Moving to and Living in the San Francisco Bay Area

by Daniel King

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The Newcomer's Handbook® for Moving to and Living in the San Francisco Bay Area: Including San Jose, Oakland, Berkeley, and Palo Alto, fifth edition, was extensively updated and revised. This 467-page new edition maintains its strong focus on both San Francisco and the entire region, especially Silicon Valley. Of the 200 pages devoted exclusively to discussion of neighborhoods and communities, 50% describe San Francisco neighborhoods and North Bay communities, while 50% focus on the East Bay, Peninsula, and South Bay towns.

Three features are brand-new for this edition:

Tips for dealing with the skyrocketing costs of the San Francisco real estate market.

An insider's view of the region's cultural diversity (including the newest museums, venues, and scenes).

Useful information on the region's vibrant technology sector (including companies like Airbnb, Uber, Facebook, Apple, and Google).

From Santa Rosa to San Francisco to Vallejo, from Walnut Creek to Oakland to Newark, and from San Bruno to San Jose to Los Gatos, this Newcomer's Handbook®, written by Daniel King, provides its readers with the most up-to-date information on housing styles, costs, and trends; redevelopment; and all the other niceties of Bay Area life, including education and childcare, transportation, cultural life, and much more.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781937090623
Publisher: First Books
Publication date: 06/13/2016
Sales rank: 161,800
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

DANIEL KING IS A SAN FRANCISCO-BASED WRITER SEARCHING FOR THE spiciest Szechuan noodles and subtlest soup dumplings in the Bay Area. He has been a staff writer at the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, the Village Voice, and JazzTimes. He has also served as an editor at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, producing books and gallery shows about China, Japan, Korea, South and Southeast Asia, West Asia, and the Himalayas.

When he isn't reporting on arts and culture, he is playing chess in the parks and struggling to improve a Neapolitan pizza-dough recipe. To learn more about his work, visit www.danielkingsf.com.

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