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San Francisco is over-hyped, possibly because of the high concentration of bloggers who live in and around the city. I prefer New York, Chicago, Boston, and Se

by codex 13y ago

San Francisco is over-hyped, possibly because of the high concentration of bloggers who live in and around the city. I prefer New York, Chicago, Boston, and Seattle.

justin66 13y ago
> possibly because of the high concentration of bloggers Or the fact that it has much better weather than those other places you named. It's not mysterious: there are a lot of people who like to spend time outdoors and prioritize weather.
toomuchtodo 13y ago
Chicagoian here. It's currently 11F, with a low under ~5F over the next few days [http://weatherspark.com/#!dashboard;q=60661 http://weatherspark.com/#!dashboard;q=60661]. Come see Chicago in the spring, summer, fall, but live somewhere warm. Disclaimer: Attempting to move somewhere warmer soon.
- stefan_kendall 13y ago
  I grew up in Chicago. It was so cold. Never again.
  - toomuchtodo 13y ago
    I'm 31. Been here my whole life (besides traveling). Working on finding remote DevOps gig to work from Tampa/Key West/British Virgin Islands.
  - bbraasch 13y ago
    Good place to be from. Sounds like the noob chose to live at 6th and Market. That's where you go after you lose that brogrammer edge, not when you move here to find your fortune. I recall the advice Steve Martin's adopted mother in The Jerk gave him, "find your special purpose", and how that worked out for him. It all starts by working at the circus. Your fortune will find you when you find your special purpose.
- BlackDeath3 13y ago
  My city was approaching negative double-digits a couple of weeks ago. Enjoy that SF weather :)
- selectodude 13y ago
  There's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing. I've lived in a few warm cities, and I found they suck too, just in different ways from Chicago. Plus, all the warm cities are going to run out of water soon, anyway. May as well be prepared for the cold weather when everyone has to move back to places like here.
sargun 13y ago
The weather really matters to a person like me. I find that in snow, and rain, I don't get on very well. I tend to get very sick in extremely cold weather, and my mood isn't great either. For this reason, London, Boston, Chicago, and New York are effectively ruled out for me as places to live for a large enough chunk of the year. I don't really like Seattle very much. Their airport uses TSA. The employers in the area that are within walking distance of any of the places I would like to live don't greatly excite me either. San Francisco meets a lot of special requirements that are hard to meet: -Very walkable -Decent transportation options (Uber) -Temperate -Good collection of employers -Empirical data appears to show a great number of interesting people I don't think I've read a single pro-San Francisco blog, and even if I did, someone's opinion about San Francisco would only factor into a small part of my decisions to live here.
- johnward 13y ago
  As someone from one of the least sunny parts of the country (Pittsburgh area) I agree. Weather is one of my primary concerns when I think about moving. I would never move from Pittsburgh to Seattle even though Seattle gets a little bit more sunshine. What is it about the bay area that attracts everyone? What is so bad about Southern California? It seems to have jobs galore and good weather almost all year.
- eclipxe 13y ago
  >Their airport uses TSA. All US airports use TSA.
  - ben1040 13y ago
    There are a handful of airports in the US, SFO among them, that were/are part of a program that used private security contractors that operated according to TSA SOP. If I remember right this was just a pilot program that was discontinued, but the existing airports were grandfathered in. That said, I haven't been treated any better by Covenant Security's (the contractor for SFO, aka "TEAM SFO" as you see on their shirts) people than I have been by actual TSA employees elsewhere. Seems like a nominal difference to me.
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by codex 13y ago

San Francisco is over-hyped, possibly because of the high concentration of bloggers who live in and around the city. I prefer New York, Chicago, Boston, and Seattle.

justin66 13y ago

> possibly because of the high concentration of bloggers Or the fact that it has much better weather than those other places you named. It's not mysterious: there are a lot of people who like to spend time outdoors and prioritize weather.

toomuchtodo 13y ago

Chicagoian here. It's currently 11F, with a low under ~5F over the next few days [http://weatherspark.com/#!dashboard;q=60661 http://weatherspark.com/#!dashboard;q=60661]. Come see Chicago in the spring, summer, fall, but live somewhere warm. Disclaimer: Attempting to move somewhere warmer soon.

stefan_kendall 13y ago
I grew up in Chicago. It was so cold. Never again.
- toomuchtodo 13y ago
  I'm 31. Been here my whole life (besides traveling). Working on finding remote DevOps gig to work from Tampa/Key West/British Virgin Islands.
- bbraasch 13y ago
  Good place to be from. Sounds like the noob chose to live at 6th and Market. That's where you go after you lose that brogrammer edge, not when you move here to find your fortune. I recall the advice Steve Martin's adopted mother in The Jerk gave him, "find your special purpose", and how that worked out for him. It all starts by working at the circus. Your fortune will find you when you find your special purpose.
BlackDeath3 13y ago
My city was approaching negative double-digits a couple of weeks ago. Enjoy that SF weather :)
selectodude 13y ago
There's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing. I've lived in a few warm cities, and I found they suck too, just in different ways from Chicago. Plus, all the warm cities are going to run out of water soon, anyway. May as well be prepared for the cold weather when everyone has to move back to places like here.

sargun 13y ago

The weather really matters to a person like me. I find that in snow, and rain, I don't get on very well. I tend to get very sick in extremely cold weather, and my mood isn't great either. For this reason, London, Boston, Chicago, and New York are effectively ruled out for me as places to live for a large enough chunk of the year. I don't really like Seattle very much. Their airport uses TSA. The employers in the area that are within walking distance of any of the places I would like to live don't greatly excite me either. San Francisco meets a lot of special requirements that are hard to meet: -Very walkable -Decent transportation options (Uber) -Temperate -Good collection of employers -Empirical data appears to show a great number of interesting people I don't think I've read a single pro-San Francisco blog, and even if I did, someone's opinion about San Francisco would only factor into a small part of my decisions to live here.

johnward 13y ago
As someone from one of the least sunny parts of the country (Pittsburgh area) I agree. Weather is one of my primary concerns when I think about moving. I would never move from Pittsburgh to Seattle even though Seattle gets a little bit more sunshine. What is it about the bay area that attracts everyone? What is so bad about Southern California? It seems to have jobs galore and good weather almost all year.
eclipxe 13y ago
>Their airport uses TSA. All US airports use TSA.
- ben1040 13y ago
  There are a handful of airports in the US, SFO among them, that were/are part of a program that used private security contractors that operated according to TSA SOP. If I remember right this was just a pilot program that was discontinued, but the existing airports were grandfathered in. That said, I haven't been treated any better by Covenant Security's (the contractor for SFO, aka "TEAM SFO" as you see on their shirts) people than I have been by actual TSA employees elsewhere. Seems like a nominal difference to me.
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