Reviews & Comments
San Francisco, CA
I love San Francisco, but you don't have to -
10/22/2013San Francisco is a hard place to live. It's an unpredictable journey with the possibility of something extraordinary or terrifying happening every single day. A 10,000-person race, a parade, a street fair. A discovery or a billion-dollar product coming to market - and that's just before noon. I moved here from the rural Deep South (Florida) in 1997, and never looked back. It's expensive, the homeless are everywhere, and a month ago I got hit by a car biking to work. But on mornings like today, with the fog covering the city and the sea air blowing through the low neighborhoods there isn't anywhere else I'd like to be. It might be more fun in a gated community -- ample parking, rec rooms, basements and recycled air. I'll take the huddled masses, filth and unbridled greed of the valley. Call me crazy, but I like it here and my kids like it here too (but they like the beaches in San Diego better).