how long would the commute be though. if you have to spend more than two hours commuting each day in order to afford living with the money you earn in SF then i'd see that as a problem.

Within 1 hour commute that you could live comfortably on 100k:

- East Bay (El Cerrito, Richmond, Concord, Walnut Creek, Martinez)

- North Bay (Petaluma, Novato, Vallejo, Santa Rosa)

Within 90mins:

- South Bay (Milpitas, South San Jose, Morgan Hill, Gilroy)