There are crazy and cool things always going on.
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Pro Tip: If you’re moving here for a job, take into account the added costs so you’re sure you get paid a salary that won’t dramatically hurt your standard of living. I have no idea how anyone who isn’t working in a high tech role that pays an above average salary can live here. This combines to mean despite a significant pay raise when I moved here, I live less comfortably here. Meanwhile, my monthly expenses have risen almost a third from $2,500 a month in Boston to $3,300 here. To put it all in perspective, I used to take home about 75% of my pay in Boston and here it’s only 65%. This means you’re squeezed both on your take home pay and your expenses. Taxes here are significantly higher than I’ve experienced anywhere. The most crushing aspect I saved for last though. I’ve solved much of this by moving to buying more online, which is a shame because that means not supporting local businesses. The cost of goods in my experience have been as high or higher as anywhere else in the country. Of course these high rental prices are just part of the challenge of living here economically. Update: Here’s a Mid-2013 Look at Pricing of Apartments per Priceonomics. If you’ve ever lived in SF, you’ll totally get this, and if not, it’s a pretty good idea of the stereotypes & diversity of neighborhoods: ( See one man’s opinion here and *update* this is another set of stereotypes for the trendy neighborhoods) Pro Tip: If you’re moving here, spend some time in different neighborhoods before you get locked into living somewhere. Like any stereotype, it’s not always true, but you will find that yes, there are a lot hipsters in the Mission, bros in the Marina and families in Noe Valley. Each neighborhood has a unique set of offerings, and pros and cons. It’s often a quick way to figure out a lot of what a person values most as SF is a city with something for everyone. People take the neighborhood you live in pretty seriously. A light jacket is your best friend in San Francisco. Pro Tip: Be prepared to always have layers with you. A lot of this is due to the fog that seems to roll in around then. Working in SoMa, I’ve found that somewhere around 4pm the temperature starts dropping and so by 5 or 5:30pm it’s 10 degrees cooler outside. If it was 70 degrees in the morning, you could rest assured that the temperature would be about 70 when you left work that night. On the east coast I got used to it staying warm on a nice day til 10pm. Consider this the guide I wish someone had given me when I moved here. And if you already live in SF, this should give you a laugh or two and hopefully inspire you to leave a comment with anything I missed. If you’re planning the move here, I hope this will help you know better what to expect. Some have been great, while others not so much.
Despite having experience living in a major US city, I found quite a few surprises coming here. I moved to San Francisco 9 months ago from the East Coast bastion of Boston.
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