My Ideal home at: Lake Merritt When I am older and graduated from college I am definitely going to move back to the Bay Area. I absolutely love the Bay, it is scenic with the perfect weather. Where I want to reside when I am established in my career is Lake Merritt in oakland. I want to live in an 1/2 bedroom apartment on the lakeside. Nothing too large because once I finish college I plan on living with a boyfriend, since I do not want to have a family right away. Lake Merritt is in the center of Oaklands downtown, and has everything surrounding it. The area is very modern and expensive, with little crime. Living in downtown Oakland is my dream, because you are right in the mix of everything. You are able to go on walk/runs right outside of your door. The lake is also surrounded by many different things such as: restaurants, grand lake movie theater, children's fairyland (small amusement park) the oakland cathedral as well many other venues. In addition to this there are actual activities that you are able to do on the Lake such as kayaking or going on Gondola rides. Living on the lakeside is prime location not to mention that you are only 10 miles away, when taking the San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge.
I want to live at Lake Merritt in Oakland for many reasons. One being that it is very scenic, you are looking right at the lakeside. The lake's perimeter is roughly 3 miles in distance, so many people go there just to run or walk around the lake. This summer I recently got into running a little bit and began to going on runs at Lake Merritt. It was then when I realized that this was the place where I wanted to live when I am older. Going on runs at the Lake gave me a sense of happiness. I knew right then that this is a place that I can see myself living at when I get older In addition to this, Oakland weather is perfect 65/70 on average which is the ideal weather, it never gets too hot and always has a cool bay breeze. At night time there are lights that go around the entire lake and it is so beautiful. There are plenty of restaurants and concert venues that are within walking distance of the Lake Merritt. Many rookies or starting off bay area athletes start off living at lake merritt, which is also a plus. So potentially one day I could possibly run into the next Stephen Curry. The lake is also prime location to live if you want to live close to your job. Many jobs are in the bay are in the larger cities such as Oakland, Berkeley, and San Francisco which are all in close proximity of the lake. You won't have to travel far if you want to go to shopping, clubbing, out to eat, or even go on hikes! You won't have to travel far to do the things that you like to do since it is in the middle of downtown. There is also a BART (subway) station at Lake Merritt which makes is extremely convenient to go to The City (San Francisco). Many people uses the BART trains to commute to work or school everyday, which is very time efficient since you don't have to deal with all of the commuters who are driving and also trying to cross the bridge in the morning. One of my favorite aspects of the lake is how at night time there are lights surrounding the entire lake at night time, it is very pretty and romantic. The average price of buying an apartment on Lake Merritt is $599,000 for a 1 bedroom 1 bath apartment. Average square feet for an apartment on Lake Merritt is under 1000 feet. This sounds expensive but if you want to live in any downtown area especially in the bay area you should expect to pay this amount. |
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