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This article reads like a rationalization by a college student who is basing all of his knowledge of these places on second-hand accounts and stereotypes. Does

This article reads like a rationalization by a college student who is basing all of his knowledge of these places on second-hand accounts and stereotypes. Does this guy really think that San Francisco isn't diverse? Does he really not understand that he's going to be around engineers (the vast majority of whom are white dudes) all day anyway and that the diversity of the area has little to do with that? Does he really believe that all anyone talks about in SF is social media and daily deals? How about come back in 6 months after you've moved and list the preconceived notions you had that were wrong, and the ones you had that were right and how you like living in NYC? Because this kind of reads like it's going to be this way because this is how I expect it to be. Disclaimer: I'm moving to New York City in less than two weeks

michael_miller 15y ago
Thanks for the feedback! To be clear, I'm not critiquing SF. When I refer to Silicon Valley, I am talking about the south bay. My experiences are based on my anecdotal experience over the past 3 summers living in the south bay. Admittedly, I haven't lived in SF(only gone up for day trips), so I have no place to critique it. I will absolutely write up another blog post after 6 months of being in NYC, and let HN know how it went.
GFKjunior 15y ago
I have to agree with you. I'm a texas grad finishing up in May but moving to SF and this sounds like a kid who is going purely off of word of mouth. But he did say he has only stayed in the South Bay area, it's worlds apart from SF. Palo Alto to Sf is like Fredericksburg to Austin. What I found funniest was the stat about more women in NYC. The ratio is not really important, I've dated tons of girls in both and have found that it is easier in SF. SF has a diverse female population, and minimal competition as most of the guys are “window shoppers” with no game (read shy engineers) which makes a lot bigger difference than raw numbers.

michael_miller 15y ago

Thanks for the feedback! To be clear, I'm not critiquing SF. When I refer to Silicon Valley, I am talking about the south bay. My experiences are based on my anecdotal experience over the past 3 summers living in the south bay. Admittedly, I haven't lived in SF(only gone up for day trips), so I have no place to critique it. I will absolutely write up another blog post after 6 months of being in NYC, and let HN know how it went.

GFKjunior 15y ago

I have to agree with you. I'm a texas grad finishing up in May but moving to SF and this sounds like a kid who is going purely off of word of mouth. But he did say he has only stayed in the South Bay area, it's worlds apart from SF. Palo Alto to Sf is like Fredericksburg to Austin. What I found funniest was the stat about more women in NYC. The ratio is not really important, I've dated tons of girls in both and have found that it is easier in SF. SF has a diverse female population, and minimal competition as most of the guys are “window shoppers” with no game (read shy engineers) which makes a lot bigger difference than raw numbers.