You should ask Chris if he wants to subsidize your staying there, but he really should move somewhere closer to his work and he probably wouldn't want to pay $250/month. Would Marnie want to pay you $250/month since she is hanging out there a lot(I doubt it)? Me & Robert think you should move to MA, closer to where Dick works. Start looking for houses for rent.(Andover,Lowell,Haverhill?)Research what the rents are, I think it's better to live in MA!! PS My dad is OK, his friends live in the Mission Cyn area and are staying with them because of the evacuation. This weekend is his 50th med school class reunion in SF.