Originally Posted by
kniveton
There is NOTHING like living in the City. Don't listen to all the suburb apologists trying to convince you that there is, indeed, some sort of nightlife in the South Bay, and that no, it's not really that bad living on the peninsula, even though you're paying SF prices. It's nothing compared to SF.
I have lived in the City and I now live on the peninsula. I loved the city and there is nothing like it, but I will never go back.
It is true that I pay an SF price for my home here. What I give up in excitment and nightlife I gain in saftey, cleanliness, and city services. My home in Potrero Hill was broken into twice in three years (Let's just say that the SF police have bigger fish to fry than burglary). In Eight years down here I have not even had a problem with litter. No one sleeps in my doorway (except for me!) and when I am out at night I am the most dangerous person on the street. Last, and certainly not least, when it is 70 and sunny down here it is 55, windy, and moist in the city.
Everything positive said here about the city is true and more. I did not leave beacuse I was bored, it was all the other stuff - esp. the weather!