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Too late. I and many other people voted with our feet and left. We bought a decent house in a decent neighborhood that had 5x the square footage of our old apartment and only pay a few hundred dollars more for the mortgage than we were paying in rent. People leave things on their porches and they don't get stolen! It's amazing.

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I did the same while staying 1 hour away from SF. I visit SF once every other week to meet with friends, and that's enough of the city for me.

Honestly dense cities suck. Why anybody would pay so much for such a small space with neighbors so near I just don't get. Good for you getting out.

The parties and the restaurants. If it was not for that I wouldn't be in SF or any other city.

The restaurants are the only part of the Bay Area I actually miss.

Apparently an analysis was done in restaurant menu items and gentrification is making it worse because cooks don’t make enough to live close to work, so there are fewer skilled ones and hence fewer items and more salads :)

I don't often go to parties, and I prefer to cook at home. I guess it was a mistake for me to move to SF :D

It's nice that it's not as warm as the south bay though.

The weather is a close second, I'm in Noe Valley which is really chilly and I like that. You should have people at your place and cook for them and call it a party, San Francisco has The Midway, Great Northern and outdoor activities at Golden Gate which are kinda "world class" partying but there's a lot going on in house parties and places of ill repute.

People obviously love living in dense cities. Look at the demand for real estate compared to elsewhere.

Maybe people generally like other people, not to mention the best of art, food, culture, convenience, etc. etc. etc. How can anyone live in a small town? (Just kidding; I completely respect people's decision to live in small towns; my point is that there is an entirely different, and widespread perspective.)

I'm not really one for parties or restaurants, but I really enjoyed the walkability of San Francisco when I lived there. It's something that I always miss anytime I'm staying in a more suburban/rural area, having to deal with a car to run any errands, grab a coffee, or meet up with friends.

Yea, that's fine, but San Francisco is still a nice city.

You are minutes away from the beach, and mountains.

A lot of the jobs are union.

I've been to a lot of cities, and none compare to SF.

As to the homeless. It's everywhere. America is not what it used to be. I don't care where I go--there's a homeless problem.

The police force needs an enema though. I would like to see a top down firing. It's been terrible for years. They need social workers instead of harassment, They need to lower ridiculous traffic fines though, but every town has been slowly raising fees/fines. I would like to see all nepotism in city hiring stopped.

San Francisco is going nowhere. It will just get more popular once the Covid problem is abated.

Oh yea, if you are a SF resident, and have a sick pet, you will never find a more reasonable vet than their SPCA.

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