Choosing New York over San Francisco
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Choosing New York over San Francisco
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Re: Choosing New York over San Francisco
#2Well said. The point that Wall Street != New York is particularly important here, w.r.t Antonio's post. I've only been here a year, but I know New York is big, and it is not homogeneous. I don't think Antonio ever realized that.
Also, kudos to blip.tv. I had a chance to meet a few of the blip kids a few months ago and you guys were really cool.
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#3Another common gripe about California that I'll echo here: there's no weather! It may sound masochistic but I miss the seasons, the snow, wearing a scarf, sheltering inside with a cold nose and hands with something warm. The passing of the seasons gives life a constant pulse and direction. The eternal summers of CA get to be disorienting after a while.
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#4Another common gripe about California that I'll echo here: there's no weather! It may sound masochistic but I miss the seasons, the snow, wearing a scarf, sheltering inside with a cold nose and hands with something warm. The passing of the seasons gives life a constant pulse and direction. The eternal summers of CA get to be disorienting after a while.
I find the ability to drive and experience seasons, like going to Tahoe during winter, is far more agreeable than being forced into them.
I spent 20 years in Chicago with its freezing winters and hot and humid summers and San Francisco's mild climate is a dream.
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#5Another common gripe about California that I'll echo here: there's no weather! It may sound masochistic but I miss the seasons, the snow, wearing a scarf, sheltering inside with a cold nose and hands with something warm. The passing of the seasons gives life a constant pulse and direction. The eternal summers of CA get to be disorienting after a while.
San Francisco is fine
You sure get lots of sun
But I'm used to four seasons
California's got but one
Which shows how little time he actually spent in SF, of course. Mark Twain's famous line about the coldest winter he ever spent being a summer in San Francisco is a lot closer to the truth. Unfortunately, Twain never actually said that. The internet, destroyer of illusions. :(
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#6Is san francisco ruby or python?
Re: Choosing New York over San Francisco
#7Another common gripe about California that I'll echo here: there's no weather! It may sound masochistic but I miss the seasons, the snow, wearing a scarf, sheltering inside with a cold nose and hands with something warm. The passing of the seasons gives life a constant pulse and direction. The eternal summers of CA get to be disorienting after a while.
You can wear a scarf all summer long in San Francisco.
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#8Well said. The point that Wall Street != New York is particularly important here, w.r.t Antonio's post. I've only been here a year, but I know New York is big , and it is not homogeneous. I don't think Antonio ever realized that. Also, kudos to blip.tv. I had a chance to meet a few of the blip kids a few months ago and you guys were really cool.
Seconded. I rarely interact with those types, and I work for a major consulting company in the city. There are multiple ways to avoid that crowd, starting with staying out of Murray Hill.
The thing I love about New York is the inherent challenge. You're among some of the most competitive people in the world who love nothing more than to squash your idea. And if you manage to convince those people or rise from their negativity, you know you're onto something.
I view it in many ways as its own little market economy with (close to) perfect competition among commodities. If something facing fierce competition (like restaurants, for example) can hold its own, you know there's some quality behind it.
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#9"My city is better than yours!"
"No, it isn't!"
It's weird how opinions work, isn't it? I don't like either place - where does that leave me?
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#10"My city is better than yours!" "No, it isn't!" It's weird how opinions work, isn't it? I don't like either place - where does that leave me?
Hopefully it leaves you in the city you live in, content with your life and work and surroundings, just like the rest of us.