You wanta get in Shape?

[yuiyoshida]

Live in San Francisco!

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	I wanta feel the burn!
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	I wanta feel the Bern!
	7 (70%)
	This is what Cars are for!
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	This is what scooters are for!
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	This is why I want a motorcycle!
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	Screw that! I will have all my stuff delivered!
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	With a window view like that, and earthquakes, its like a ride at disneyland
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	No thank you, take me to South Bay!
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	No thank you, take me across the Bay!!
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	California? Really? okay...how much?
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[irisblue]

1. Pearshaped is perfectably fine

for me
those photos are neat

[NightWatcher]

2. My calf muscles are on fire just from looking at that

Nah, I'll stay in Florida

[yuiyoshida]

7. I just got back from

grocery shopping, round trip both ways.. Up hill.. walking. My legs hurt. Owie.

[NightWatcher]

14. Bananas are good for leg muscle cramps

And tasty too.

[yuiyoshida]

17. You just saved my life...

I have a banana in the fridge!

[Prism]

3. Trying to find your car in that with a hangover the next morning.

Ooft. Not happy good times.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. I am in shape. Round is a shape.

[Kalidurga]

44. Yes and a lot of great things are round

Beach balls, balloons, smiley faces, rings, plates, earth, the sun sort of, gazebos, yes I think round is a really great shape.

[bigwillq]

5. My Mom and Sis went to SF a few week ago

My Mom didn't really like it there.

She has bad knees. She said she had a hard time getting around, and they were forced to see the city via taxi/public transportation. She said she knew there were a lot of hills, but she didn't think that many. lol

[yuiyoshida]

31. There are for sure many Hills in the city...its amazing!

[lunasun]

59. AAWW Making me miss it .... Im a flatlander now

[orpupilofnature57]

6. Knocked the sh-t out of me in 1975 when I was 17 .

Gerald Ford was president, Maybe if Bernie had been boss ?

[yuiyoshida]

8. heh yeah,..still does

for me!

[orpupilofnature57]

32. I live in the Adirondacks, I don't think there is a trail that steep, maybe Algonquin .

[yuiyoshida]

36. SF is a small city space wise..its amazing

How many hills you can cram into one place!

[sarisataka]

9. My shape

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[orpupilofnature57]

35. +1000

[trof]

10. I want a brake repair shop in San Francisco.

I'd make a fortune.

[yuiyoshida]

13. There is a special way to park on those hills...

I have a very special way.. its called, not having a car.

[arcane1]

27. Exactly! And I've been known to avoid going places if it's too hilly :)

[yuiyoshida]

29. Taxi cabs are not that bad in the city yet....

[randys1]

11. Sell my soul to the devil to live there and afford it.

Paradise (up to a point) for liberals, for adults.

Up to a point cuz there is a lot of rich people weirdness going on too.

[yuiyoshida]

15. Mostly living on Nobb Hill

I live near Japantown of course!

[KamaAina]

12. I'm trying! I'm trying!

I haven't even had a nibble in weeks. (it's not tech, you see ). So I'm stuck down on the flats in San Jose, Tenth-Largest City In America(TM) and Most Boring (at least compared to SF).

edit: I would settle for Berkeley or Oakland if need be.

[yuiyoshida]

16. I used to love to go to Berkeley

but you know it has hills too!

[KamaAina]

18. True, but it's mostly richie houses up there

most of the points of interest are on the flats.

[JaneyVee]

19. I just did the Spartan race 3 weeks ago...

Besides working out 5x a week, nothing keeps me in shape like living on the 4th floor (top floor) of my walk-up carrying groceries in one hand and sometimes my 3yr old in the other.

[yuiyoshida]

52. for us there is always the Bay TO Breakers!

[pinboy3niner]

20. For many, that's...

...a bridge too far.

[BlueJazz]

21. Lived and worked there but didn't have much money left after house payment and taxes.

[yuiyoshida]

22. Did you live on a hill?

[BlueJazz]

25. It was toward the bottom of the hill. About 1/2 a block from street. From what I've heard..

...it would be near impossible for me to live there now.
I wonder if (don't like the term) "China Town" is still as much fun as it used to be.

[yuiyoshida]

26. Chinatown is a called Zhonggou Cheng

by the locals, and there really is no other term I can think of. I love going there, it is fantastic!

[BlueJazz]

42. Thanks! I couldn't think of it.

[B2G]

23. I walked 3 blocks up California Street this spring

and about killed myself.

[yuiyoshida]

24. lol i know what you mean!!!

[arcane1]

30. When I worked on that street, a coworker walked it home every day

I don't know how she did it

[yuiyoshida]

34. She probably had great legs....

[arcane1]

62. The amazing part is that she seemed to be in terrible shape.

But wow, could she walk!

[Cleita]

28. I do just as well in San Luis Obispo So county.

Everything is uphill or down hill here until you get to the beach.

[yuiyoshida]

37. I think I have been there, I can't recall

but pretty sure I visited there once!

[Cleita]

40. That's the city of San Luis Obispo.

I'm in the five cities area and that's pretty hilly. I walk around a lot to exercise. I find I can't negotiate the hillyness on my bicycle very well though. It's too hard.

[City Lights]

33. I'd move tomorrow if I could afford to live there! nt

[yuiyoshida]

38. Thank goodness for SF farmer markets where stuff

is good and cheap!

[Warpy]

39. I have to admit I was in great shape when I lived on Beacon Hill in Boston

Streets were steep but we didn't have any stairs, we had brick sidewalks that would land you on your kiester when it snowed or if you stepped on a Beacon Hill land mine (dog shit).

If I hit the lottery and could afford San Francisco, I'd buy another scooter.

[yuiyoshida]

41. You know,,..if it EVER snowed in the city by

The bay it would be a total disaster!

[A HERETIC I AM]

43. I've driven a car hauler on some of those streets!

This one, in fact;



That trailer has about 5" of ground clearance. On the cross streets (like your second to last pic, where the minivan is crossing) , where the hill levels out for a short span and then pitches down again sharply, I was worried I was going to high-center the thing!

It was an interesting day, to say the least.

[yuiyoshida]

45. sorta like this??

[A HERETIC I AM]

47. Yuppers!

I imagine every one of those has scars and scratches from trucks.

[yuiyoshida]

50. probably, and maybe the city should post signs that say

No trucks on this street!

[A HERETIC I AM]

51. What I find interesting about California.... (edited)

is the roads that say "Trucks over 30' (or whatever) Kingpin to rear axle not advised"

"Not advised"

I always thought...what the hell! I've driven many like that. Only regretted it once!

There are most certainly routes that are restricted for long vehicles, where the sign says "Prohibited", but there are many, many routes that have signs like my first example.

Only state I have traveled where the "not advised" wording is used.

Edit here - from what I gather, when the "not advised" is posted it has to do with the tightness of the turns. Many stretches of road through the hills and mountains of your state, as I am sure you know, have hairpin after hairpin after hairpin turn. Not to mention they are often narrow as hell.

[yuiyoshida]

53. This must have been fun...

[A HERETIC I AM]

56. That would ruin your day!

Looks like the Semi is hung up on the landing gear of the trailer. Only way to get that free is to drag it backward. Man, would that suck.

[asturias31]

46. I love these pics

I biked everywhere as a kid. Ended up biking the Route du Vin from Colmar to Strasbourg with my bro when I was 22. Funny thing: back then I thought I was fat and not strong enough and lacking a perfect-enough body. Now, at 46, I want to kick my dumb 22 year old self and tell her to quit obsessing and enjoy her youth and freedom and the Vosges.

If you are 22-ish, consider this a cautionary tale...

[yuiyoshida]

48. Here ya go

[A HERETIC I AM]

49. Welcome to DU!

[asturias31]

54. Thanks - and I love heretics on principle :) /NT

[A HERETIC I AM]

58. Awwwww........shucks!

::::nervously shuffles feet::::

[Rex]

55. California? Really? okay...how much?

[yuiyoshida]

69. a studio apartment will run a little over

1000 dollars a month, my place was like that. Now i pay 1280 a month, thanks to rent control. remember there being apartments for 750 a month for a studio..those days are gone.

[Rex]

76. How much square footage is it?

The average around here is from 650 to 850 (dollars not feet), but in this area of Texas the cost of living is cheaper. Some places it is as low as 250 to 400 for people willing to live in small older housing.

[yuiyoshida]

80. Well my place is called a granny room..

it sits in the Garage, towards the back. It has a shower and kitchenette. Called a Granny cause it was meant for a relative to live in as a separate unit. Hey, I can see the ocean from outside my front door, if I peer down far enough.

[lunasun]

57. I was a bike messenger there many moons ago . Whew a work out

When I was tired and wanted to go get something to eat 2 blocks away sometimes I would just go without
Cuz the walk was 2 blocks up and I was already tired from the messenger day job

[yuiyoshida]

70. A friend of mine got in big trouble.

Opened his car door from the driver side and it was struck by a bike messenger. Good thing he was wearing a helmet. My friend got sued..and the bike Messenger won.

[lunasun]

84. well i will say it is easier to look out your window when stepping out than to stop a moving bike

when a door suddenly appears in the path.
Its hard to look out for something that was not there a second ago
Flatlander now but that still happens here too. My friend's accident resulted in a hernia .
Just got hit it in the wrong area
He was in a designated bike lane though so big no no.
He didn't get a lot of money but they paid for all his hospital bills I think through car insurance so he didn't have to sue them for it himself
Some bikers go too fast for conditions . I doubt that was my friend
ha ha I never broke speed in SF that's for sure

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

60. I like the higher standard/lower cost of living trade-off I get from living in Chicago

[Puzzledtraveller]

61. I am in shape.

[Liberal_in_LA]

63. love the pics

[Tipperary]

64. I am an exercise addict, and I could run UP those steps,

but coming down would KILL my knees.

Not quite as young as I used to be.

[cherokeeprogressive]

65. Would that I could!

[yuiyoshida]

74. Here is something to wet your appetite

[Gormy Cuss]

66. It's really easy to avoid the biggest hills in sF.

In fact, I have maps and apps that help me do that in the neighborhoods that are not familiar to me.

I have friends in Pier 39 area. I could get off at the Powell BART station and walk up and down hills to visit them, or take the Powell cable car. Instead I walk along the Embarcadero.

I have friends in the Richmond. I could bike the shortest route as the crow flies, but the smarter route is to take the Wiggle.

I can almost always avoid the blocks with staircases imbedded into the sidewalks, unless I feel like getting a workout.

[yuiyoshida]

72. There are definately ways to avoid the hills and when you can't

take the cable car..that's what they are for!

[hunter]

67. Cars help? Not in my experience.

Driving around for half an hour or more, one might eventually find a parking place far up the hill, or far down the hill from where you want to be.

I've got family in San Francisco. My worst parking experience ever I dropped my wife and kid's off at my sister-in-laws apartment and made it back on foot 45 minutes later...

[yuiyoshida]

71. parking is a huge problem in the city

Not to mention those outrageous tickets for parking in the wrong spot!

[Buns_of_Fire]

68. I'm in as good a shape at 64 as I was at 24.

Unfortunately, I was in pretty rotten shape then, too.

Beautiful place, though. After I win the lottery (THIS week, for sure!), I think I'll buy myself a nice little fixer-upper on Lombard Street.

[Renew Deal]

73. That's why I have a donkey

[yuiyoshida]

75. They used to have buffalo in golden gate park

[LostOne4Ever]

77. SF is at the top of my list of places to move to if I ever leave my hometown! (nt)

[kentauros]

78. Or live in New Zealand:

and get free medical care!

[CrawlingChaos]

79. oh *sigh*... I've spent countless hours of my life climbing those hills

It was great to work my muscles hard and barely notice, because I enjoyed being there so much. The only downside was breathing heavily around so much car exhaust.

My plan was always to live in the city (I'm from the South Bay, which is as boring as your poll results suggest) have no car, walk everywhere and have no need of a gym. I can't believe there was a time I actually thought I'd be able to swing a hovel in Bernal Heights (I can remember when it was a fairly affordable neighborhood).

Now the only thing I could afford in SF would be MAYBE something extra crappy in Bayview/Hunter's Point or Excelsior. The highest of high crime areas. And I'd have to live on ramen to afford that.

Oh well, enough self-pity... enjoy your beautiful city and thanks for these great pics. They bring back lots of great memories.

[yuiyoshida]

81. I figure in a few years I will be forced to move out

when the price becomes too unaffordable. I would have loved to live in the Avenues, but its nearly impossible to find a place here. Had a great place in the Haight Ashburry but it was mouse and cockroach infested. Just hated that.

[LynneSin]

83. The only thing that gets lighter in San Francisco...

is your bank account. That city is too expensive for my bank account. It's like the New York City of the West Coast.

Don't get me wrong, if I could live anywhere in this country it would be NYC but financially I can not justify paying that much for a home.

[yuiyoshida]

86. I went and looked it up one day...

and living in Hawaii is more expensive than living in San Francisco, wish I could but...I do love this city!

[ljm2002]

85. Not to mention the treadmill you'll be on...

...every working day and most weekends too, in order to be able to afford living there.

[Jamaal510]

87. Or...attend Humboldt State University upstate:

Plenty of stairs around Founders Hall, as well as trails near the campus:
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