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The best thing I've ever done was move to San Francisco completely alone when I was 20. It was a little scary, lonely, and nerve-wracking at first, but it was one of the periods in my life where I experienced the most immense personal growth. Going there wasn’t a straightforward decision at the time - I had no close friends moving there so I roomed with random strangers from Facebook Marketplace in a tiny room, and the start-up I was interning at was so early we were working out of their friend’s apartment as a makeshift office. SF was one of the places that felt very far out of reach for me as a Canadian, and a place I’ve always wanted to go to, especially after hearing about it and seeing it on shows like Silicon Valley. But after I went there once for the first time, I found myself coming back three more times in the span of six months - two for weekend events I was invited to, and the third time for another internship. The flight from Toronto to SF didn't feel as far after all, and

taste testing cities | mathu's thoughts 2024-07-01 by: mathurah taste testing cities living somewhere for a little bit makes that place a part of your world The best thing I've ever done was move to San Francisco completely alone when I was 20. It was a little scary, lonely, and nerve-wracking at first, but it was one of the periods in my life where I experienced the most immense personal growth. Going there wasn’t a straightforward decision at the time - I had no close friends moving there so I roomed with random strangers from Facebook Marketplace in a tiny room, and the start-up I was inter

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