Why I “left” San Francisco - by Albert Lie | 이영덕

(and what will make me come back)

Albert Lie (이영덕) // About Me I debated sharing this — unsure if it would resonate with everyone (and might annoy some people). But after catching up with a close friend who recently moved from India/Singapore to SF, I realized it might help to share my reflections on why I settled there and why I eventually left the place I considered my “home”. First and foremost, to claim San Francisco merely altered my life trajectory would be a gross understatement — it rewrote my story from the core. My favorite neighborhood in SF As a 20-year-old kid — an inexperienced, “technically” dropout…

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