Bay Area Home Prices by Transit Stop

Related somewhat: Atlanta median income down MARTA&#x27;s Red line (travels North to South) <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.wabe.org&#x2F;post&#x2F;atlanta-biggest-gap-between-rich-and-poor-us" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.wabe.org&#x2F;post&#x2F;atlanta-biggest-gap-between-rich-a...</a>

Since pricing increases based on proximity to downtown SF, my intuition would lead me to think that pricing should also increase based on proximity to a BART station (or existence of a BART station) within a suburban city, since it positively impacts ability to get to downtown SF. But I&#x27;m not sure that&#x27;s true in reality. It also doesn&#x27;t line up with the stereotypical NIMBY complaint I&#x27;ve always heard (e.g. Marin County) that transit attracts riff-raff and would therefore depress home prices. I suppose there&#x27;ve been studies done on this sort of thing so perhaps I&#x27;ll have a quick google.

I would have thought living near the airport would be the cheapest square footage on that map.<p>In Toronto they can barely <i>give away</i> apartments located near Pearson Airport due to the incessant noise (and some crime, probably associated with the low purchase price of the apartments).<p>The prices are ~50% of what they are everywhere else in the city.

This really makes me feel like the whole Raiders mess is missing a real opertunity to turn that area into a great mixed use housing&#x2F;retail&#x2F;entertainment area.<p>I mean it&#x27;s got 3 lines running through it, it&#x27;s near Alameda&#x27;s lovely shopping, it&#x27;s near the freeway, it&#x27;s quick to both Oakland and SF downtown.<p>LOTS of housing and options there - even IF there is a new stadium in that area...

Why does Millbrae&#x27;s price change by $6&#x2F;sq between the BART map and the CalTrain map? (Both services are serviced at the same station.)

I can&#x27;t understand why DC and Colma remain so cheap (comparably). Sure, the area doesn&#x27;t have as much walking distance locales but a quick Bart ride will get you anywhere you want to go. Are people really that sensitive to small inconvenience?

Now chart it for AC Transit transbay buses and weep at how much you&#x27;ve been getting ripped off just because you don&#x27;t want to take a bus to work

It would seem there&#x27;s no where on the peninsula can you buy an average 1500sqft house for less than $1million, ~$700&#x2F;sqft.

I&#x27;m looking at moving to the bay area in the next few months. I&#x27;ve settled on fremont but im looking at renting. Assuming rent linearly correlates with the costs here it does not seem that bad a cost or commute (relatively speaking). Any advice or cautions?

What is Caltrain like for commuting in the South Bay? Would it make sense to rent near a Caltrain station in one of the cheaper cities and commute to the Silicon Valley area?

They must have major sample bias to rank Orinda below Rockridge.

I stayed by 19th and Mission on Funston for a while. I didn&#x27;t realize that real estate was so expensive there. I would have thought the Embercadero, Marina etc would be more expensive.

The average travel times by BART don&#x27;t seem all that bad, most large metropolitan cities need an hour by transit anyways. Do people in SF-region really not commute to work from afar?

19th St Oakland is more expensive than Dublin&#x2F;Pleasanton? Something is surely amiss.<p>Also, Rockridge more expensive than Orinda??