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

[RandySF]

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

[calimary]

1. Good one!

[Old Crank]

2. City living isn't for everyone.

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

[BurnDoubt]

3. If you don't like it...

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]

4. "i would rather be a cockroach on the wall in new orleans than queen of mississippi" tennessee williams

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..

[Auggie]

5. Awesome! I loved it and hated it too.

[kimbutgar]

6. Native 3rd generation San Franciscan here

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!