Palo Alto and Mountain View are farther away than you think
The 3 things you need to know about MUNI (Google Maps is never right about what time the bus will come; Half of the buses require you to step down into the steps to get the back door to open; Chinatown is a bottleneck on any route going through it)
There are tons of amazing views
Startup Central is in SoMa
SF is a super fit city
If you’re a foodie, welcome to heaven
The 3 hour time zone difference is a big deal
Watching sports matters a lot less
Everything is taken to the extreme
You’ll turn into an early adopter even if you weren’t one before
It is, but so are salaries, even in non tech fields. I have a friend in town from Atlanta and I was explaining the benefit of this to her last night: a lot of big-purchase items have retail prices set at a national level, so things like bicycles, television, musical instruments, etc., feel a lot less expensive here than they do in other places.
It gets cold at 4pm
Neighborhoods define you
Rent is insane
Cost of living overall is sky high
There are crazy and cool things always going on
Costumes are a way of life
Lots of homeless, beggars and crackheads
PBR is the official beverage of San Francisco
An extremely pro-dog city
The Divisadero is the fog line
Palo Alto and Mountain View are farther away than you think
The 3 things you need to know about MUNI (Google Maps is never right about what time the bus will come; Half of the buses require you to step down into the steps to get the back door to open; Chinatown is a bottleneck on any route going through it)
There are tons of amazing views
Startup Central is in SoMa
SF is a super fit city
If you’re a foodie, welcome to heaven
The 3 hour time zone difference is a big deal
Watching sports matters a lot less
Everything is taken to the extreme
You’ll turn into an early adopter even if you weren’t one before
All the best tech startups are at their best here
Working in tech is the norm, not the exception
People love novelty and new experiences
Tons of awesome lies just beyond SF’s borders
Come with an explorer’s attitude