>>In spite of it all San Francisco is beautiful.
Its true that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so you are not wrong, but for the life of me I can’t see the attraction.
Been there several times on business, and all I see is filth everywhere I look - filthy streets, filthy people. Maybe I am just going to the wrong parts.
I distinguish them city from the slime. Physically you have the ocean and great views. Unique architecture, Chinatown, what’s left of Little Italy. The sunset district and the beach. Vies, vises, views. The city is amazing to me, but i haven’t been back for 15 years. Liberal ideology and zealots have ruined the experience.