| Muni (the bus, streetcar, and lightrail system) is great for getting around the city. Some routes are crowded and occasionally get some unpleasant people, but most of them are chill. Especially if you just avoid the commute hours. Tickets are valid for like 2-3 hours, no need to buy a ticket every time you get on. The 1 route is very fun, takes you through Chinatown and the hills. The 28 takes you from Fisherman's Wharf to the Golden Gate Bridge to Golden Gate Park. Our ballpark is beautiful, catch a game there on a sunny day even if you don't care about baseball. Just go on a ticket site or the ticket window right before the game and you should be able to get in cheap. Put up a "couch wanted" post on Craigslist. It's still active here. Our meetup scene is still very active. Most events are free and sometimes even have free beer and pizza. I for sure have seen a few AI groups. Check out https://noisebridge.net Take the Caltrain down to Mountain view and make the pilgrimage to the computer history museum The only neighborhoods where you should prepare yourself for SF looking like a dystopia is dead-center of the city, ironically right next to City Hall. You can visualize SF like an apple with a rotten core. No offense to the people living there, it's just a fact that it looks rough. All the neighborhoods on the outside are chill and pretty. It's only a small part of the core (Tenderloin, and the northern edge of SoMA near Tenderoin) where things look super rough. Even there, you'll be fine. I lived at Hyde & Ellis for a year. Treat people with respect and you'll be treated with respect. Beware The Great Wall Of Fog in the west. You'll be at the Ferry Building and it's beautiful and sunny. And then you head to the ocean and you are practically swimming in fog. You've got to ride a cable car once. Just pay the $8 and do it. Get on near the Ferry Building, then get off at the Fairmont and grab a beer at The Top Of The Mark (on a sunny day). Find my email (or some other way to contact me) and I can buy you a beer I have endless suggestions on where to go and what to see, just give me more pointers on what you like / don't like. Welcome! |
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