San Francisco is overpriced, over-hped, and most of all OVERRATED.

The folks who diss SF in this 'Quick Topic' are absolutely correct! I've lived on the West Coast since '92, mostly in Seattle, now in Portland, as well as a year in SF (thank god only a year--that was MORE than enough!). Well, what can I say? At least I went there, gave it a go, and got it out of my system once and for all. Ugh. So overcrowded and impersonal. The cost of housing DEFINITELY does not reflect of VALUE of living there. You can easily get the same progressive, cosmopolitan, "left coast" vibe living in Portland or Seattle for a faaaar more reasonable price. San Francisco sucks. Why? Because while it might have been AWESOME for Jack Kerouack et al back in the 50's or 60's, it has long since lost it's lustre and the rabid capitalist scum (read that real estate assholes) have ruined it for counter-cultural artsy types. Let's face it: how can artists who are already totally underpaid in the USA really hope to make art, be in a band, write, etc. when they are ALWAYS having to worry about making rent? Fucking ridiculous, this $1,000/mo for an effin' studio apartment! Fuck that shit. Artists, leftists, and other creatives should leave SF in droves, and they are. I call bullshit on being fleeced by real estate assholes just to live in a huge, stinking, tourist trap that SF is. Overpriced, over-hyped, and over-crowded. Old, cool, awesome SF died back in 1970. That's the SF I will always love and hold dear in my mind. The SF of today is a shadow of it's former, much lovlier self.

--Snazmo