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san francisco: beauty in what's broken - by mathu

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my real thoughts about san francisco after living here for 4 months.

we’re driving in the middle of the night, during my last day in san francisco blasting music, talking about our hopes and dreams for the future after a day in the half moon bay. we drive down to South Bay to discover what even are the secrets of Sandhill road. We see the likes of Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia, and see the YCombinator sign, wondering when it could be us there someday. I remember wondering what this magic YCombinator thing was when reading Paul Graham essays and being exposed to this magic of silicon valley. and now I’m here - a place I’ve been wanting to see since I was a little…

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