I agree that the SFBA has a very attractive pool of women, I just question whether they're available =) I've lived in a similar variety of metro areas as you, in North America, Europe, and Asia. San Francisco ranks dead last. Pretty much any guy can improve his dating outcomes by moving from SF to NYC, no matter what his standards are and what he's looking for, mostly because you can actually get regular dates with the accomplished, independent women there.

I have one friend who lived at a base in Antarctica for awhile, and he favorably compared the dating scene there to what's in SF.

There is likely a lot of factors at play

But personally I had no game with woman in NYC or LA....in part because what each party wanted from a partner was incompatible.