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As a New Yorker I'm always amazed as to how inconvenient of a city San Fran is. The BART has one track in the city, the Muni takes forever, walking is an absol
by dev_jim 13y ago
As a New Yorker I'm always amazed as to how inconvenient of a city San Fran is. The BART has one track in the city, the Muni takes forever, walking is an absolute pain with all the hills, and there's so little mixed use development that you can really feel confined in many neighborhoods. Everywhere can't be New York, but cities like Boston and Chicago and D.C. have done a much better job of urban planning.
- malandrew 13y agoI can totally attest to feeling confined and inconvenienced. I live in Nob Hill, right at the top, and it is very confining because all the commercial areas are at the bottom of the hill (Polk Gulch, Downtown, North Beach, Chinatown). This means that even running to the corner store involves going all the way down the hill and back up. Plus, as someone who bicycles most places, I am happy that I'm capable of biking all the way up without stopping, but it gets sooooo old and contrary to what you may think, it never gets any easier. There is nothing worse than going to the gym, getting in a good workout and then having to deal with that bullshit hill just to get to your bed.