Just remember quality of life with these things.
I know this will be an unpopular opinion round these parts, but SF is not somewhere I'd ever chose to live. The bad points vastly outweigh the good points for me.
I know this will be an unpopular opinion round these parts, but SF is not somewhere I'd ever chose to live. The bad points vastly outweigh the good points for me.
But would you rather (a) live in your choice of San Francisco, New York, Austin, Boston, or Boulder; or (b) pick five cities at random from an alphabetical list and then choose one of them to live in?
I expect the vast majority of HN readers would choose (a). SF has some disadvantages (cold weather in summer, astronomical cost of living), but pretty much all startup hubs have a high concentration of energy and generally ambitious people.
I live in England, where we get glorious boiling summers, wet and windy autumns, snowy winters. I know that's not for everyone, but the sheer variety is something I love.
To see the scenery and wildlife change by season is something that really makes life interesting.