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I'm planning on applying for a computer engineering internship with a company in San Francisco, which would be a 16 month position. I don't know much about the place besides:
- hills
- smog
- gay people
- warmer than Canada
- across the bay from Oakland, which apparently sucks

So tell me about it!

Just do it. You live in Canada, which is marginally worse than where I live cuz at least I live in 'Murica

Anyone else?

Good town to be a football/baseball fan.... hmm thats all I got

*paging Dewy*

Expensive as shit

smog? in frisco? since when?

other than that, your list is accurate. please don't judge my entire country based on your experiences in kalifornia...i often refer to that state as our national cereal bowl: full of fruits, nuts, & flakes.

I had a gay guy hit on me in the mall yesterday, if that counts

facefirst wrote:Expensive as shit

Have heard this.

zach wrote:smog? in frisco? since when?

other than that, your list is accurate. please don't judge my entire country based on your experiences in kalifornia...i often refer to that state as our national cereal bowl: full of fruits, nuts, & flakes.

Smog link.

And perfect - sounds just like home.

i had literally NEVER heard of san fran having smog issues. of course, i left kali in 1988...

They just lost the superbowl.

Expensive, good food, decent beer, public transportation is pretty good. Yeah half the guys in the city are gay, that just means that you effectively have a 2:1 ratio of women to straight men, though to be honest there's a good number of lesbians, too. The baseball park is pretty good, though a little too cutesy for my tastes.

There's a few nice parks, winter weather is in many ways nicer than summer weather, which can go from 50F to 70F and back down to a 45F that feels colder than that in an hour or two.

Put me down as liking Oakland. I only lived there a month but it was fine. Berkeley is nice too, just a bit too granola. San Francisco is ridiculous beautiful but like they said, very expensive. Good city if you like burritos and fish tacos. The public transit system is good too.

you want to live in castro. start looking for places in that area.

they lost

NeloAngelo wrote:you want to live in castro. start looking for places in that area.

Wayne wrote:Put me down as liking Oakland. I only lived there a month but it was fine. Berkeley is nice too, just a bit too granola. San Francisco is ridiculous beautiful but like they said, very expensive. Good city if you like burritos and fish tacos. The public transit system is good too.

PurpleTrails wrote:Expensive, good food, decent beer, public transportation is pretty good. Yeah half the guys in the city are gay, that just means that you effectively have a 2:1 ratio of women to straight men, though to be honest there's a good number of lesbians, too. The baseball park is pretty good, though a little too cutesy for my tastes.

There's a few nice parks, winter weather is in many ways nicer than summer weather, which can go from 50F to 70F and back down to a 45F that feels colder than that in an hour or two.

Thanks. I've heard the weather's pretty odd. Definitely something I'd have to get used to.

It's a bit hard for me to judge the city's cost from apartment/room ads on CL, but when you guys say it's expensive - is that objectively expensive or just expensive compared to the rest of the US? I mean, coming from Canada, it may just be a smooth transition cost wise...

I have visited friends there twice. Expensive, parking is a bitch, cool music scene. Personally not for me.

iff wrote:

NeloAngelo wrote:you want to live in castro. start looking for places in that area.

Wayne wrote:Put me down as liking Oakland. I only lived there a month but it was fine. Berkeley is nice too, just a bit too granola. San Francisco is ridiculous beautiful but like they said, very expensive. Good city if you like burritos and fish tacos. The public transit system is good too.

PurpleTrails wrote:Expensive, good food, decent beer, public transportation is pretty good. Yeah half the guys in the city are gay, that just means that you effectively have a 2:1 ratio of women to straight men, though to be honest there's a good number of lesbians, too. The baseball park is pretty good, though a little too cutesy for my tastes.

There's a few nice parks, winter weather is in many ways nicer than summer weather, which can go from 50F to 70F and back down to a 45F that feels colder than that in an hour or two.

Thanks. I've heard the weather's pretty odd. Definitely something I'd have to get used to.

It's a bit hard for me to judge the city's cost from apartment/room ads on CL, but when you guys say it's expensive - is that objectively expensive or just expensive compared to the rest of the US? I mean, coming from Canada, it may just be a smooth transition cost wise...

It's one of the more expensive areas in the country to live.

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Gracie Academy is there

rear naked wrote:Gracie Academy is there

That would be cool to check out. I do Krav Maga and would love to try BJJ.

facefirst wrote:

rear naked wrote:Gracie Academy is there

That would be cool to check out. I do Krav Maga and would love to try BJJ.

actually I lied. Well, google maps lied.

Ralph Gracie's school is there though. Renzo's brother. There are about 5-6 BJJ gyms in san fran.

skate

rear naked wrote:

facefirst wrote:

rear naked wrote:Gracie Academy is there

That would be cool to check out. I do Krav Maga and would love to try BJJ.

actually I lied. Well, google maps lied.

Ralph Gracie's school is there though. Renzo's brother. There are about 5-6 BJJ gyms in san fran.

Do you practice BJJ?

get a bike. good luck trying to drive or find a parking spot.

NeloAngelo wrote:get a bike. good luck trying to drive or find a parking spot.

Definitely plan on it. No plans on getting a car regardless of where I go though.