Isn't "living near Boston" the key part here? You can live near sf and live in really quiet areas. Right next to sf is Daly city, pretty quiet, you can go acros

Isn't "living near Boston" the key part here? You can live near sf and live in really quiet areas. Right next to sf is Daly city, pretty quiet, you can go across the bridge to Marin, near sf extremely different life style. 20 min to the south is a quiet beach town, half moon bay. You can live only near sf and have the same experience your talking about