Reply #39: It's REALLY expensive

[XemaSab]

Parts of the Bay Area are almost worth it, but many parts are not.

On the plus side: lots of different people and different cultures and yummy FOOD.

On the minus side: parts of San Francisco are utterly disgusting. There are homeless in many places, and the crime rate can be disturbing. The traffic can be nightmarish.

Don't live in a building that will collapse in a quake (NO ground floor garage) or burn down in a wildfire (NO living on a narrow road in the eucalyptus trees). The Bay Bridge is not safe in quakes either, and it takes more time to drive across it than BART takes going through the tube.

Generally, quakes aren't that big a deal. The odds of getting hurt in a quake are very very small. It's not like other countries, where hundreds or thousands of people get killed in modest quakes. And hey, y'all have hurricanes and tornados in Texas, which we don't have here.

Enjoy!