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Approaching my graduation from UCSD's CS program back in '08, I couldn't wait to move from SD to SF. Several reasons but the main ones were: 1) hard to find driven people that wanted to make an impact in their field 2) tech scene was heavily dominated by biotech and Qualcomm 3) missing intellectually curious people.

I hope it turns around soon however, since it's a beautiful place to live.

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UCSD '99 CS grad here. I opted to stay in SD for my career. There has been a huge shift in the last five years -- plenty of startup activity downtown (http://sandiegostartupweek.com/), some of the meetups are quite active (the main js meetup regularly pulls in over 100 people).

Still, it's probably not quite as active as a secondary hub like Austin, but at this rate it probably will be within the next five years.

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