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San Francisco
May 2018 — I have lived in San Francisco for 6 years and I think it is a very awesome place. It is very diverse, in its ethnic makeup and gastronomy, and you meet a lot of very interesting and smart people here. If you like professional sports, you have a lot of options in the Bay Area. There are also a lot of cool neighborhoods in San Francisco, such as Hayes Valley, Inner Sunset, The Mission, Bernal Heights, Cole Valley, Laurel Heights, Inner Richmond, etc. And all these neighborhoods have different “personalities”. This city also has an amazing variety of eating establishments. If you crave Turkish food you can eat at a la Turca in the Tenderloin. Craving Burmese? No problem, just go to Pagan in the outer Richmond. The bad part is that SAN FRANCISCO IS VERY EXPENSIVE!
San Francisco
May 2018 — I have lived in San Francisco for 6 years and I think it is a very awesome place. It is very diverse, in its ethnic makeup and gastronomy, and you meet a lot of very interesting and smart people here. If you like professional sports, you have a lot of options in the Bay Area. There are also a lot of cool neighborhoods in San Francisco, such as Hayes Valley, Inner Sunset, The Mission, Bernal Heights, Cole Valley, Laurel Heights, Inner Richmond, etc. And all these neighborhoods have different “personalities”. This city also has an amazing variety of eating establishments. If you crave Turkish food you can eat at a la Turca in the Tenderloin. Craving Burmese? No problem, just go to Pagan in the outer Richmond. The bad part is that SAN FRANCISCO IS VERY EXPENSIVE!
San Francisco
February 2018 — I grew up in San Francisco back in the 80s. There were so many things that I still remember to this day that I love. The people, the city, the food, the stores! I guess you can say it was one of the most interesting places around because there was a great concentration of Asian people there. There’s always been a great variety of Asian restaurants that made me excited each Sunday because dad and mom would take me there!
Thinking about it now, it was quite amusing seeing kids my age back then having those mohawk hairdos. Just like any kid back in the 80s, I was into heavy metal music. I remember going to the local Tower Records all the time and then hanging out with the other kids there while listening to cassette tapes from bands like Metallica, Megadeth, and Iron Maiden!
One of the most iconic places I remember was the Fisherman’s Wharf! As a kid, I was always scared of big bodies of water, but when mom and dad took me there, I saw some strange creatures in the water. They were seals!!! After that, I became less scared and I actually visited the place multiple times even as a teenager. Remember the cable cars near the “Crookedest Street in the World”? I took my first girlfriend there for our very first date as a couple! We were very awkward teenagers back then. After that, I also took her to the Wax Museum! Some of the wax people there were so creepy because they were badly made! We laughed so much at them. I actually just laughed again now because I remembered how hilarious they looked!
I also definitely remember my first trip to the Golden Gate bridge. My first comment to mom was “It’s not gold, it’s ORANGE! I’ve been TRICKED!” It was a mixture of disappointment and awe because even though it wasn’t really made of gold, the view was very beautiful! San Francisco will always be my special home. I’ve been away from it for more than a decade (hey, life moves on!), but as the great Frank Sinatra once sung, “I left my heart in San Francisco”.
San Francisco
January 2018 — Growing up in San Francisco from the early 90’s to the 2000’s you will quickly learn of the diversification that exists. The place is more concentrated and smaller compared to the melting pot of New York City but you can experience it all in one day. The city holds its roots through the division of neighborhoods by various ethnic groups which over the years have developed into a complete melting pot but still holding its own unique historical characteristics. The city is an amazing place just the architecture and landscape is very stimulating. The city varies in terrain and you could be hiking through a beach and end up in a small forest park and then end up in downtown with all the high rises and then enter a neighborhood that looks a suburb.
All of this variety concentrated really influenced my perspective from activities to the people you meet is a new experience. The best part of living in the city is walking and public transportation, it allows you be part of the city and gives greater freedom in what you absorb and enhances your interactions.
I moved away 10 years ago and the place hasn’t been the same since. Although more beautiful than before, big money is flooding the city from tech giants to overseas money pushing the real estate market to the zenith and there is no end. Most people I know growing up has moved out of the city, the only ones left are those with a substantial income or are barely surviving. You can’t really blame the city for the prime real estate from the parks to the transportation, cleanness, safety, etc. but this will gradually reduce itself as a hub of high ideals and uniqueness and diversity.
The beauty of San Francisco has no equal only to the people that has shaped and built the atmosphere for centuries creating the beacon that draws people from all over the world to see. These monuments and landscapes are what’s left and slowly the city that I once knew is fading away; like a light in the fog, giving way for those who were destined to live and die here a new path.