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I lived in SF briefly, 1 year, back in '94 during the 3D graphics boom that I was a part - and then it was too crowded and too expensive to live, forget about o
by bsenftner 6y ago
I lived in SF briefly, 1 year, back in '94 during the 3D graphics boom that I was a part - and then it was too crowded and too expensive to live, forget about owning a home without startup equity wealth. I moved back to Los Angeles, and from then till now I rarely visited for the simple reason that once there in SF there is no place to park your car (all filled, gotta leave the city) and lunch at a non-franchise was $50 10 years ago.
Only old money, youth that knows no better, tech hope gambles, and those trapped in debt remain. The city is unhospitable.
- ghaff 6y agoI actually like visiting SF--but then I'm mostly on an expense account. Rarely have a car when I'm there unless it's to pick one up to go out of town somewhere. I had a couple opportunities to move to the Bay Area in the mid-90s. Even then it felt like a quality of life downgrade because of CoL. And I didn't even live in an especially cheap area--west of Boston.
- cvhashim 6y agoWhere in LA do you live? LA can be just as bad as SF.
- bsenftner 6y agoI've lived all over LA: San Monica, W. Hollywood, Westwood, Downtown, & various valley locations. With the exception of San Monica, one can park without consideration on the block of their destination, and non-franchise eateries of many ethnicities outside the fashionable expensive vortex are still common. As far as "crime bad", LA's reputation is a product of Hollywood and nothing like its dangerous reputation - people here are generally nice to strangers because everyone is a stranger. And who knows, if a stranger are dangerous, be nice as a default and you won't find out. Most other cities trying to "live up to LA" over do it and are much more unfriendly towards strangers.