I live in SF and have for years. My partner was born and raised here. There are tech companies in SF but it’s vastly dwarfed by FAANG in SV. You could argue SF

I live in SF and have for years. My partner was born and raised here. There are tech companies in SF but it’s vastly dwarfed by FAANG in SV. You could argue SF is a suburb for SV but I’m not sure how that would make the city any more important or interesting. Due to insane housing costs you’re more likely to meet a younger person born and raised in the Bay Area in some Midwest city (like Chicago) unless they’ve decided to live with their parents. The interesting culture of SF is in rapid decline. So what you end up with is a dying culture in a city funded by tourism (also in decline because of chronic homlessness) inhabited by transplants who don’t work in the city. Is that important? I don’t know? Maybe it’s an important model of how not to run a city.