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My short list of pro-NYC (and thereby anti-SF) points: There's plenty of tech stuff and tech people in NYC. That little kickstarter site isn't in san mateo af
by seiji 13y ago
My short list of pro-NYC (and thereby anti-SF) points:
There's plenty of tech stuff and tech people in NYC. That little kickstarter site isn't in san mateo after all. Your new best friend digital ocean isn't making white house rooms across from twitter. etsy is allowed to be as dumb as it wants.
In NYC you have non-scary transit running 24 hours that'll take you home because everybody is within walking distance of a metro station (and not just to a parking lot where you pick up your car then drive another 30 minutes home while tired at 2am).
Population. SF: 800k (bay area entire: 7 million, but over 40+ miles) NYC: 8 million. In NYC you have lots more people within transit range making people-involved things like meetings, dating, and varied social contexts immensely easier (and more interesting, exciting, unexpected, varied, ...).
NYC has its street people population under control so it's less scary walking around fighting off beggars are street pooers.
NYC's parks are kinda great.
and best of all, no Karl.
- khuey 13y agoKarl is the best part! I agree with most of your other pro-NYC points though (and I live in SF).
- wallflower 13y agoOT: "Adrift" - a love letter to Karl the Fog http://vimeo.com/69445362 http://vimeo.com/69445362
- ohWhatever 13y agoYour practical, working knowledge of the NYC subway system is way off the mark. If I had to make an estimate, I'd say you've never been required to depend on the subway beyond the splendid realms of Wall Street and Midtown. Maybe a small tidbit of Williamsburg too. Even in those parts Taxi cabs and car service reign supreme, especially when drunk at 2AM (the social context of dating). That said, I'd like to point out that every city has it's own learning curve, and there's no real way to be honest, and make promises to transplants that any given city's streets will be paved with gold. (...unless, of course, you literally pave them with gold yourself)
- seiji 13y agoWell, living near transit can be a goal or not. If one decides to not live near a station, that's one's own predicament. (as for my living credentials go, I've lived in Astoria, Harlem, Jersey City, Long Island City, UWS, ... it's not a park place penthouse, but it is a non-bank-breaking life.) NYC lets you live near a station much easier than in SF with its linear (in-city) one-line system with a total of seven entire usable city stops. I think I can destroy your argument with: how many daily private bus services do companies run in NYC vs SF for employees to get from Where They Want To Live to their prescribed daytime slavery zones?
- karlmdavis 13y agoHey wait, what're you on about? I'm Karl, and I AM in New York City. Am I being voted out?