Re:Tech elites leaving San Francisco threaten Silicon Valley...
by abeppu on Monday December 07, 2020 @03:17PM
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I'm in SF. I think I'll stay for a while longer bc:
- I enjoy not needing a car. Many neighborhoods are walkable.
- I appreciate the mild weather. E.g. I lived in NYC, and though I did not need a car, humid summers and snowy winters made it less pleasant to be outside.
- It's dense but not _too_ dense. NYC felt legitimately claustrophobic sometimes.
- It's still an LGBT mecca. Prior to the pandemic, I could be in queer spaces on a daily basis.
I don't know that I'll be in SF forever. But when I think of moving, I wonder where I would go, and what my life would look like when I get there. I grew up in suburbs and still associate those neighborhoods with isolation. Among US cities, it's hard to meet all of these.
- I enjoy not needing a car. Many neighborhoods are walkable.
- I appreciate the mild weather. E.g. I lived in NYC, and though I did not need a car, humid summers and snowy winters made it less pleasant to be outside.
- It's dense but not _too_ dense. NYC felt legitimately claustrophobic sometimes.
- It's still an LGBT mecca. Prior to the pandemic, I could be in queer spaces on a daily basis.
I don't know that I'll be in SF forever. But when I think of moving, I wonder where I would go, and what my life would look like when I get there. I grew up in suburbs and still associate those neighborhoods with isolation. Among US cities, it's hard to meet all of these.