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I did the research when interviewing for a job in NYC.

What would cost ~3500 in SF was more like 1500-2000.

NYC has much better transit - I could commute in from Park Slope to Manhattan and have a 1500 studio which would have been much much more expensive if I say, commuted from Mission to Civic center on BART.

It is significantly cheaper if you don't live in Manhattan, and transit allows that

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Sure, but you could commute from Millbrae to Civic Center in the same time as Park slope to manhattan (depending on the exact stop obviously), and that's uhh, cheaper, than Mission.

And living in Park Slope is much nicer than living in Millbrae, at least if you're looking for an urban lifestyle with walkable amenities. New York City just has that everywhere, for miles and miles.

Also the parts of Millbrae that rival Park Slope in cost are not walkable to the subway (well technically walkable but quite a walk) vs the places I was looking at were a 5-10 min walk to the subway station.

Trains in NYC come much more often, later, and frankly Millbrae is no Park Slope ;)

Yea but transit in the Bay shuts down hella early. Getting to Park Slope at 2am from Manhattan is significantly easier (and safer) than Millbrae (or Oakland or wherever) from San Francisco.

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