I came from a similar place to yourself and agree with your comments. When I came to SF, I couldn't help but stare at stark poverty. I came from a much smaller

I came from a similar place to yourself and agree with your comments. When I came to SF, I couldn't help but stare at stark poverty. I came from a much smaller place that lacked all of these problems. But what you described is true; after a few months your brain normalizes to the dystopia, and that in itself is scary. I've been in the bay area 12 years now, and can't imagine moving out of California, but at the same time feel that things here are out of balance and somehow 'wrong'. But I also feel like I don't know where I'd go. We talk about Vancouver, or San Diego, but realistically I don't even know what I'd do in those cities.