grandpas and grandmas! Walking around, talking to friends, playing Chinese opera loudly
people of many diverse backgrounds and ages
Just some simple things I miss about real cities. San Francisco feels like a very weird, hollowed out city on many fronts. I think if I see a bunch of kids at once in SF I’ll be like ‘wow’. Outside of certain SF neighborhoods (Chinatown, Mission, TL), the city just feels very homogenous and bland to me :/
@skinnylatte I was actually pretty pleased at the level of diversity I’m seeing in the sf scavenger hunt type game going on right now. :) Was a totally pleasant time today!
@skinnylatte agreed there are many blah neighborhoods in SF. In addition to those you list, I’d add Duboce Triangle and Ingleside/Oceanview as other dynamic spots
When you build a city that only people who can afford 3-7K rent can live in, you get a city that feels just like what people who can afford 3-7K in rent want.
There are bits and bobs, but for the most part I feel you have to really look, or spend a lot of time looking for community that isn’t homogenous.
Some neighbors of mine in SF (that I like) just told me they’re leaving cos they can’t exist without tech jobs.
I’ve been advocating hard for us to move to the east bay at some point. Not in the next couple of years (need to be within 20min transit commute range of school / work) but maybe after.
I love San Francisco, but I don’t think I can live there long term. It’s not good for my soul. As it is I have to go sit in a park in Chinatown every couple of weeks to feel like I don’t have only rich, white, tech people around me.
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