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What neighborhood do you live in? It's interesting that this is your experience because part of what is prompting this is getting back from a NYC trip and sort

What neighborhood do you live in? It's interesting that this is your experience because part of what is prompting this is getting back from a NYC trip and sort of decided, and this is really shallow, but it was just way too much brick. I just like how buildings look in SF a lot more. Transit is totally better in NYC and probably many cities on the East Coast, but it isn't bad, I can get around without a car and rent one the few times I need it which is basically enough. I also have gotten around the lack of transit by biking around a lot more sense the pandemic which has definitely improved my opinion of the city as well (no crashes yet, though I did have a bike stolen). I think part of the difference is maybe some of the things I care about don't match up with you. I'm not that into food, SF has seemed fine in that regard, though definitely more expensive than NYC for what you get. edit: and I'll add SF seemed actually significantly below NYC prices now. To get a similar level of apartment to what I have in SF I'd either pay 2-4 hundred extra or move out far enough that it doesn't seem obvious to me I'd have more amenities and public transit within say 30 minutes of me.

BoorishBears 4y ago
I live by the Panhandle, so I have access to parks, and I'm not tucked away in some far corner like the Richmond where I expected that the transportation would be so ineffectual... yet visiting my friend in Chinatown is either a 10-15 minute drive, or a 40-50 minute bus ride + walk (biking being more of an option before the whole track run-in...) In general comparing cities will always be somewhat like comparing sports teams: everyone has a favorite, for different reasons, and there's no right answer. But too many times since I've gotten here I've seen people try to compare SF to places like NYC and LA. I don't even like LA, but I'm not going to try and compare SF to LA because that'd be like comparing an NBA team to a "G League" team. People keep asking me stuff like "SF is just like a mini-NYC right?!" upon hearing where I came from, and I humor them to be nice, but no. It's really not at all.
- RC_ITR 4y ago
  >visiting my friend in Chinatown is either a 10-15 minute drive, or a 40-50 minute bus ride + walk You're describing a 4 mile journey. A comparable journey in NYC is SoHo to Central Park. At best, that's a 30 minute commute in NYC on transit. Probably similar in a car. In LA it's a drive no matter what. NYC distances just feel longer because they pass more stuff (which to be fair is an argument for NYC).

BoorishBears 4y ago

I live by the Panhandle, so I have access to parks, and I'm not tucked away in some far corner like the Richmond where I expected that the transportation would be so ineffectual... yet visiting my friend in Chinatown is either a 10-15 minute drive, or a 40-50 minute bus ride + walk (biking being more of an option before the whole track run-in...) In general comparing cities will always be somewhat like comparing sports teams: everyone has a favorite, for different reasons, and there's no right answer. But too many times since I've gotten here I've seen people try to compare SF to places like NYC and LA. I don't even like LA, but I'm not going to try and compare SF to LA because that'd be like comparing an NBA team to a "G League" team. People keep asking me stuff like "SF is just like a mini-NYC right?!" upon hearing where I came from, and I humor them to be nice, but no. It's really not at all.

RC_ITR 4y ago
>visiting my friend in Chinatown is either a 10-15 minute drive, or a 40-50 minute bus ride + walk You're describing a 4 mile journey. A comparable journey in NYC is SoHo to Central Park. At best, that's a 30 minute commute in NYC on transit. Probably similar in a car. In LA it's a drive no matter what. NYC distances just feel longer because they pass more stuff (which to be fair is an argument for NYC).