[Fiji Hill]

I even have the scars to prove it. Not physical scars, but the emotional scars of having to live in San Francisco for 8 years and the bay area for 12. You wouldn’t think that just living in a congested city for of rude, selfish opportunists would destroy you emotionally and mentally, but believe me, it took a real toll. I don’t see how any nice person can survive living there, and to be a conservative — well, I can say I nearly did not survive mentally.

At a California Republican state convention, I met a Chinese-American who lived in The City, as Northern Californians call SF. He said that living there was like living in an insane asylum.

When I'm in town, I usually pick up a loaf of sourdough Boudin bread and eat ravioli at the Cafferata on Columbus and Filbert, but I'm not sure I would want to live there.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Yes, awesome tourist city. You need to stay 2 weeks to see and do everything. Just the liberal/opportunistic mentality of the residents make living hell for everyone, and if you are conservative it is 3x worse.

Even going back for a visit I get constant reminders. I get off a ramp and there are druggie/alchie bums panhandling. I cross a street and their is a poster for some gay sex website. I drive down a street, and there is a crowd of critical mass bicyclists blocking traffic. Here a gay parade. There an anti-war protest. Nuclear free zone. Save the whales. COEXIST bumper stickers everywhere. On and on without end.

But as a tourist city it is hard to beat, and everyone should make an extended visit at least once or twice in their lives. It is a beautiful city with a lot to do.