Why I Live in San Francisco
Anyone who lives here gets asked this question all the time. It’s a fair question for a place where media coverage is often so negative—why would anyone want to live here? “Work” is usually a safe answer that limits further inquiry. But it’s not the whole story, at least for me.
Victoriano Izquierdo/View from Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco What keeps you in San Francisco? Anyone who lives here gets asked this question all the time. It’s a fair question for a place where media coverage is often so negative—why would anyone want to live here? “Work” is usually a safe answer that limits further inquiry. But it’s not the whole story, at least for me. The criticisms of San Francisco are legion, and they are mostly valid. The short version of the “ doom loop dystopian hellscape ” narrative feels accurate in a few concentrated places which happen to be unreasonably close
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