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RandySF

(88,230 posts)
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 12:25 AM Mar 2026

People back home ask me why I still live in San Francisco after all these years

Last edited Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:36 AM - Edit history (1)

and I tell them it's because I love it and hate it at the same time, and that's what keeps it interesting.

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People back home ask me why I still live in San Francisco after all these years (Original Post) RandySF Mar 2026 OP
Good one! calimary Mar 2026 #1
City living isn't for everyone. Old Crank Mar 2026 #2
If you don't like it... BurnDoubt Mar 2026 #3
"i would rather be a cockroach on the wall in new orleans than queen of mississippi" tennessee williams rampartd Mar 2026 #4
Awesome! I loved it and hated it too. Auggie Mar 2026 #5
Native 3rd generation San Franciscan here kimbutgar Mar 2026 #6

Old Crank

(7,454 posts)
2. City living isn't for everyone.
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:54 AM
Mar 2026

But SF allows you to do lots of different things at anytime. Also quick access to some very beautiful places.

BurnDoubt

(1,952 posts)
3. If you don't like it...
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 03:15 AM
Mar 2026

Don’t go there.
It’s better for everybody that way.
There must be a reason people pay so much and “put up” with so much to love living there.
Enjoy!!!

rampartd

(5,644 posts)
4. "i would rather be a cockroach on the wall in new orleans than queen of mississippi" tennessee williams
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 03:16 AM
Mar 2026

people leave small town america for the big port cities for many reasons .

i seem to have a lot less grass to cut here, and more neighbors who mind their own business..

kimbutgar

(27,748 posts)
6. Native 3rd generation San Franciscan here
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 08:47 PM
Mar 2026

The city has gone through good and bad times and there are good and so so areas.

That said I wouldn’t live anywhere else!

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