Re:Ask HN: Advice for a 25 yr old moving to SF?
by hifromLA on Saturday March 04, 2023 @06:33PM
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Come on, SF is not a hellhole. It’s a place people seem to love or hate and it’s totally not for everyone but calling it a hellhole is 100% cap. Let’s be for real here and not exaggerate.
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Re:Ask HN: Advice for a 25 yr old moving to SF?
by smt88 on Saturday March 04, 2023 @07:33PM
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It has a level of homelessness and drug use that has shocked every American I've known who has visited in the last 5 years. It is on another level.
Re:Ask HN: Advice for a 25 yr old moving to SF?
by hifromLA on Saturday March 04, 2023 @08:37PM
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You say that as if it’s some big revelation. Everyone knows this by now, but I’m pushing back on the idea that the entire 7x7 is like this. It’s simply not.
Could you tell me with a straight face that the Richmond is a hellhole? The sunset? The marina? Noe? Glen park? pac heights? Bernal?
There’s a degree of nuance that is missing from the conversation. That is my point.
Re:Ask HN: Advice for a 25 yr old moving to SF?
by smt88 on Saturday March 04, 2023 @11:57PM
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This 25 year old isn't moving to The Marina or Glen Park, some of the most expensive neighborhoods in the world. He's probably priced out of most of Oakland.
Even young people who can afford to live in pleasant parts of SF will be miserable because they'll be surrounded by rich, entitled tech people in their 40s+, not down-to-earth 20-somethings.