It's certainly different from the Midwest. In Indianapolis or Chicago or Madison, if you don't honor the friend cancellation policy and notify your change at l

It's certainly different from the Midwest. In Indianapolis or Chicago or Madison, if you don't honor the friend cancellation policy and notify your change at least 24 hours in advance, it negatively impacts your social credit score. If you flake out more than once or twice, people stop inviting you to stuff, or invite you only to events that won't fall apart if you aren't there. For instance, if you have a standing appointment for Game Night on Wednesday, and don't show up half the time, someone else might get invited to fill your seat all the time, rather than just when you aren't there. And woe unto you if they start Axis & Allies on a night when you're out, and then don't finish it for 4 weeks. Friends show up. If they don't do that in SF, that's just one more reason not to move there. I also note that people in the South flake out or bail more readily than the Midwest. It's really annoying.