Which are the best suburbs in Cape Town to live in today (working in CBD)?

[Bunta]

Yeah - did an early morning ride round the point, hout bay, into town then back into southern subs. It was super clear and still morning, those are the "worst" days in winter it lets all that freezing air sink down low.

Cape Town CBD, to Sea point, Camps Bay, Hout Bay, Ou Kaaps Chappies, Noordhoek, Cape Point, Simons Town, Ou Kaaps, M3 back to CBD is still my Fav route for a Sunday Morning Ride.
We once did M5 to Muizenberg, then all along the Beach road to Monwabisi 8am in Winter, THAT will chow your fingers!!!

 

[I.am.Sam]

Yeah man, the poor turnout in Johannesburg genuinely surprised me. People were told they could get a guaranteed MyBB hoodie just for showing up, and we didn't even manage to get enough people there to clear out Jan's merch box. It just didn't encourage me to bother with another meetup here. Maybe an enterprising Cape Town person can do the necessary, or else I might give it another crack in a year when I move down based on interest polled at the time.

get the hoodies and caps

i still have a OG mybb jacket

hoody i gave my dad

the cap came to me half bend so it never gets worn

 

[Foxhound5366]

get the hoodies and caps

i still have a OG mybb jacket

hoody i gave my dad

the cap came to me half bend so it never gets worn

If it's summer, we'd already agreed with Jan to arrange MyBB-branded mankinis

 

[airborne]

If it's summer, we'd already agreed with Jan to arrange MyBB-branded mankinis

Not to judge because I can appreciate that's your favourite style but just remember not everyone is into pervvy ass flossing outfits

Spoiler: NSW

 

[Splinter]

My eyes are watering after looking at rental prices. R15 000/month for a studio apartment in Paarden Eiland seems quite common, which made the R22 000/month for a two-bedroom in Milnerton seem positively a steal.

I know I know, it's Cape Town.

Hmm. I need to increase my tenants rent by a lot, it seems.

 

[Pegging]

Pinelands is the closest you can get that is the most like the North without being in it I reckon.

That mutual traffic along with all the new sections they built over the hospice grounds and then that Amazon business park must make the traffic a nightmare there.

And then u get the pensioners there who like to reverse out their driveway at 80km/h and then proceed to drive at 10km/h.

I haven’t lived there for 10 years, but I am sure it hasn’t gotten better.

 

[SauRoNZA]

That mutual traffic along with all the new sections they built over the hospice grounds and then that Amazon business park must make the traffic a nightmare there.

And then u get the pensioners there who like to reverse out their driveway at 80km/h and then proceed to drive at 10km/h.

I haven’t lived there for 10 years, but I am sure it hasn’t gotten better.

I mean that section of merge kak on Berkley sucks a bit but it’s not actually as bad or slow as it appears.

Depends on which way you go, but with the access to Riverlands also means less having to **** around in general.

 

[notayoba]

IMHO, If you want to be near the action, I'd suggest Vredehoek/Oranjezicht/Tamboerskloof. If you prefer peace and quiet, Pinelands.

Going further north or south will teach you some serious lessons in patience as you sit in your car for 20% of your waking hours.

Going to Atlantic side might violate your 2nd criteria. Either way, I'd suggest a bike/scooter/walking or uber, using your own car around the CBD is for the birds. Traffic is a killer, nowhere to park, and if you can find parking it's expensive.

Edit: I see there was already a song and dance about bike riding in this thread.. So use it, don't use it. But personally I think you have to get your head read if you drive a car in Cape Town.

 

[SauRoNZA]

IMHO, If you want to be near the action, I'd suggest Vredehoek/Oranjezicht/Tamboerskloof. If you prefer peace and quiet, Pinelands.

Going further north or south will teach you some serious lessons in patience as you sit in your car for 20% of your waking hours.

Going to Atlantic side might violate your 2nd criteria. Either way, I'd suggest a bike/scooter/walking or uber, using your own car around the CBD is for the birds. Traffic is a killer, nowhere to park, and if you can find parking it's expensive.

Edit: I see there was already a song and dance about bike riding in this thread.. So use it, don't use it. But personally I think you have to get your head read if you drive a car in Cape Town.

Yup that's the other part I don't think anyone has mentioned yet is parking.

Unless your company happens to have parking and/or sponsors it for you that's a whole different **** show of costs and finding one.

 

[FiestaST]

When I was aggressively job hunting a fair number of good roles were based in & around the V&A & parking is not a given, actually you're SOL in most cases.

 

[Pegging]

Shempies, did I touch you on your suicidal motorbiking studio. You are the one suggesting to risk life and limb with a motorbike in CPT traffic.

My friend was the same as you, pronouncing how great commuting with a motorbike is, ignoring the dangers of the motorbike, and he got split in half from the ass up by an idiot car driver in N1 CPT traffic.

Suggesting a motorbike as a solution without warning about the danger is completely idiotic with no regard for safety. Sop for you!

Do you expect people to believe that someone was friends with you?