Its still a good place to build your career and connections. Im older now and am remote (go onsite in SF 4 weeks a year), but regret not doing it when i was you

Its still a good place to build your career and connections. Im older now and am remote (go onsite in SF 4 weeks a year), but regret not doing it when i was younger. It still has a lot of tech folks, a lot of tech money, networking opportunities, and tons of vibrant pockets. It's definitely grimy. But i walk to work and back each day Im here and see hundreds of others doing the same. There are literally always groups of workers or friends at bars and restaurants as i walk around in the evening. You can tell the city is partially hollowed out but it feels quite a long way from dead to me. I have kids now, and affordance aside the family opportunities here are sparse. So for me the time has passed. But I think anyone building their career in tech should at least consider a temporary stint in SF, or perhaps somewhere similarly tech dense (NY? Seattle?).