Some reasons I hear a lot and that reflect why I don't want to move back there: - Absurdly expensive. This one is much-discussed. - The city itself has signi

Some reasons I hear a lot and that reflect why I don't want to move back there: - Absurdly expensive. This one is much-discussed. - The city itself has significant sections that are really not nice (unsafe, garbage on the streets, homeless people begging on every corner, etc.), to a much higher degree than other cities. - Traffic around the Bay Area has gotten as bad as LA (in some cases worse). - Highly homogeneous residents. It's difficult to meet someone who doesn't work for a tech company (or who doesn't want to work for one). - Sausage party. To people coming from cities with a normal gender split in the singles demographic, this one really sucks. - Good things are always crowded. Ex. Last time I tried to get brunch with someone on a weekend in SF there were 2+ hour lines at every place we tried. - Weak culture and night life compared to cities like NYC, LA, etc. I'm sure others will chime in with additional ones or rebut some of these, so YMMV.