Ask HN: Relocating to SF

[georgehm]

Hello HN,

I am relocating to SF next week. Super excited and to some degree nervous about the shift. I wanted to specifically ask the HN crowd this. What are some of the things I should not miss in SF? (I am not talking about the things one can search online food, art, locations etc.) From an HN perspective, are there any groups/meetups you would recommend. What must one do to understand the zeitgeist?

Appreciate your suggestions.

Thanks

[wbl]

Watch a zoning adjustment board meeting and ask why we decide to enrich a bunch of aging hippies turned landlords who refuse to expand the opportunities available.

[timmytwotime]

Well that didn't take long.

[myelin]

To a certain extent you can search for everything online :) I found that when I moved here (2010) my coworkers would drag me out to all the tech events, so I got a good feel for all that just by hanging out with them. If you want tech immersion, hunt around for free "expo passes" to the big industry conferences and go talk to people and go to all the parties.

That said... the really interesting things about SF were the ones I stumbled into, mostly non-tech (although full of fellow tech people).

One obvious-but-not thing about SF is how its culture ties in with that of Burning Man. If you haven't been to Burning Man, make every effort to go next year. So much more of SF makes sense after you've been to the thing in the desert.

[georgehm]

Thank you!