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What is so great about living in San Francisco? |
Travel Info Please enlighten me. Travel Tips It's not, it's overrated. I grew up in the suburbs and it's a great place to visit but not to live. The weather is absolutely horrible, luckily I lived in a valley where it was warm and we actually the sun. Mark Twain once said SF was the coldest summer he has ever experianced. It's foggy and windy all the time, it rarely goes above 72, it rains all the time in winter, and it's cold at night all year long. The ocean is just pointless there b/c it's so cold and you can never swim in it and it's never sunny there, that's why no on lives on the coast in Northern CA. And some of the people there are so pretentious and snobby, they all wish there were european or something. But the Bay Area has cool people overall. But in SF they don't always accept other people's views and values. They have many races and gay people and are tolerant, but they all have the same political views. They don't accept anyone that doesn't think on the far left,they think they are more "aware and informed" than the rest of the country. their just kind of out there with the activism stuff. you'll probably get a lot of respnonses to this question b/c San Franciscan's love to "enlighten" people. Also i'm sure someone will point out how much diversity there is and how everyone is accepting of everyone else, which is fine but they are so smug about it and like to point it out as if it makes them a better person. And crime is not low there at all. I don't know where that guy gets his facts from but San Diego and San Jose are much safer cities than SF even though they both have a lot more people. SF has had so many murders this year. They average over three times as many murders as San Diego and and four times as San Jose. http://sanfrancisco.areaconnect.com/crim... I have a love hate relationship with this city. It has great architecture and buildings, is very urban and dense, is very scenic, and has good public transportation but it's not worth living there for how much it is and the people in the city are so full of themselves. The weather and traffic is horrible, crime is high, it's dirty as hell and tons of homeless, and the people are not as tolerant as they think and they're prententious. Like I said, good place to visit and spend some time but no to live. Others being near the ocean. try living in the middle of flat, not too senic illinois. you would appreciate the SF coast line Nothing as far as I can tell. Bad weather, bad traffic, no parking, too many hostile people, homeless and otherwise, plenty of crime. I just don't get why people like it. Temperate weather, wonderful views, interesting neighborhoods, fascinating variety of people, great restaurants and theatre, small footprint (you can get from one side to the other in half an hour), access to beaches and mountains, and most of all, a community that embraces and accepts all kinds of people and all points of view. We have our negatives, like any city. Housing is expensive, parking is a challenge, there's not a good program to deal with homeless. Add: Re the crime rate, SF's rate is lower than those of NY, LA (of course), Houston, Phoenix, San Diego, Dallas, San Antonio, Detroit, San Jose or Baltimore. It is visually gorgeous. It has a great climate due to the ocean nearby, and it has food across the whole range of all cultures at one of the highest quality levels on the planet. Driving across the Golden Gate Bridge for 30 years never got tiring. And there are outstanding places to visit with great redwood trees and the wine country has excellent wines to try free of charge. one of the most scenic places on the planet. great neighborhoods. great people. GREAT FOOD!!!!! some of the best food in the world is enclosed within our 7 by 7 mile city! I moved here 30 years ago straight out of highschool, the city welcomed me with open arms, I got an education for very little money and made many open-minded intelligent friends and was able to see fantastic music from every genre and that beautiful freedom still exists today, plus ya can't beat the views! On the other hand, you have to be tolerant to live here, so if you can't see the beauty of fog on Stowe Lake as enough incentive to put up with Leonard the neighborhood homeless guy you probably will move away. That's O.K. more parking for us. |
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