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> But the actual Bay Area is boring. There is lots of fun stuff in the Bay Area outside of San Francisco. I always have a blast going to shows, openings, etc i
by electricslpnsld 8y ago
> But the actual Bay Area is boring.
There is lots of fun stuff in the Bay Area outside of San Francisco. I always have a blast going to shows, openings, etc in Oakland and Berkeley.
- donretag 8y agoSorry, I said Bay Area instead of Silicon Valley. I like Oakland quite a bit. Sunnyvale? Mountain View? You can keep your stock options.
- borski 8y agoThis is myopic. I live in Mountain View and there is absolutely tons to do. Same with Palo Alto, Redwood City, San Jose. And before you say I “don’t know any better,” note that I spent the vast majority of my life living in and loving NYC. Those who say the “South Bay is boring” haven’t spent enough time in it. In fact, I have friends who specifically come down to the South Bay to do things. Furthermore, SF is only a 45 minute drive from Mountain View, about what it is from Brooklyn to Manhattan, so I get the best of both worlds, without the defection and the homeless. Get over this trope.
- Fins 8y agoPeople find something to do in in a middle of Nebraska, too, but it's pretty hard (well, probably easier in Nebraska). In 5 years I couldn't even find a decent grocery store there.
- borski 8y agoNext door to me, I have a Safeway that has a greater selection than most of the places in the city, a Trader Joe’s, a Whole Foods, and a Sprout’s. All within a 5 minute drive. If you don’t try to go out and look for things, I agree you won’t find them. I am very social, and have found no shortage of things to do. People who complain about this haven’t tried it.
- masonic 8y agoAlso Nob Hill Foods, Chavez, ...
- Fins 8y agoSorry, no, this isn't what I am looking for. Sure, I know I can get your generic grocery store experience at Safeway, or Lucky, or Nob Hill, or overpay at Whole Foods (now that they are owned by Amazon I don't shop there anyway), but where do you go to get some really fancy stuff? I have found some decent little places in San Francisco that have good cheese and charcuterie, or decent fresh bread, but nothing in the South Bay. In Chicago I knew I could always drop by Mariano's (heard that they went downhill lately, though) or Plum Market, or Pastoral. NYC obviously has quite a few places like Dean and Deluca. Austin has Central Market. What does South Bay have?
- masonic 8y agoI'm guessing you've never been in the deli section of the Nob Hill Foods on Grant.