[mattdeboard]

Rent.com is good, plus they send you $100 if you sign a lease you found through their site. I left the Bay Area for Indiana and was pleasantly surprised when I got a check in the mail from them. shrug That's a big plus IMO.

Also Redwood City is on the south end of "the peninsula," touching "the south bay." It's not a bad place to live, you're iirc 7 or 8 bart stops from the city. But yeah if you're gonna be there for the summer I would definitely consider living in the city and commuting to work. It would be a really awesome experience.

You can find inexpensive places to live and mass transit is EVERYWHERE, plus a lot of great night life in walking distance. Bring a bike. It's definitely possible to commute to Redwood City every day. Get a kindle.

tl;dr: I miss the Bay Area so bad, and I'm jealous of you. TAKE ME WITH YOU. I don't eat much, I promise.