[dclowd9901]

I can't understand why DC and Colma remain so cheap (comparably). Sure, the area doesn'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?

[mathattack]

It could be school quality and/or crime too. The suburban costs seem to correlate with school quality, crime, ease of building [0] and distance to job centers.

[0] In Palo Alto home prices are artificially high in part because the schools are great and it's very hard to build new houses there. In Mountain View and Sunnyvale there is a lot of newer development and the schools are a little worse. This trumps distance.

[badusername]

DC and Colma also suffer from some of the worst fog cover through out the year around the area.

[Reedx]

Yep, Daly City is pretty miserable climate wise. It'll often be covered in fog and cold in the middle of a summer day, while a few miles away it's sunny and warm. You also have to deal with mold and rust issues.

I've looked at apartments there a couple times, and while it's vastly more affordable than SF, the climate + distance outweighs the upsides (for me anyway).

[bonniemuffin]

I wonder if Colma has a stigma due to being full of graveyards? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colma,_California

I've actually thought about moving out of SF proper into Colma someday because it seems underpriced for its location and amenities. Daly City is quite nice too -- agreed that that part of the map looks like the best deals around.