So, here we go. I’m moving out of the Bay Area.
This is obviously not a fresh opinion; but the framing may be slightly controversial. My biggest reason is that I believe the Bay Area is no longer the best crucible for the American Dream. 🧵
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Welcome to Miami!
I really appreciate the thorough write up. It captures almost everything I was feeling when I moved SF (Mission) → MIA earlier this year, which was quite a surprising feeling to grapple with after being in love with SF up until a year before that.
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I've been curious about this for a while
I don't feel like I understand the logic of "SF's politics are dysfunctional --> I don't want to live in SF"
Like, if you wanted to open a business in SF, I get why the dysfunctional politics would give you a concrete reason to leave...
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But otherwise, how do the dysfunctional politics really impact you as an individual?
There’s crime / homelessness, but if that’s the main issue you can just avoid certain neighborhoods
Is leaving more of a symbolic act of protest against SF's politics?
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TBC I think it's great that people are leaving and starting a new community / ecosystem in Miami, I just don't 100% understand the motives
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I'm glad you asked this—very interested in the replies.
Hijacking to notice/wonder aloud… it's so strange that if you want to live in a) a dense, walkable urban environment; which b) has decent+ weather year round, SF seems to be the *only* choice in the US! How strange!
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Given how desirable these two traits seem to be, I suppose this is a sign that city locations more reliably coincide with other factors (trade routes, resources, etc) than with "quality-of-life"?
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(Also I'm a wuss so I think SF's weather is just shy of "decent" in Dec and Jan… maybe we just all need flying cars and sharing-economy homes etc etc)
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This seems wild if true.
I don't know of anyone personally that's moved for weather (into or out of bay area -- wildfires not included)
But it could provide some weak evolutionary advantage in the complex system of 'people moving and then moving again'.
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The weather is definitely one thing that brought me here! 😁