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[Michael Winslow Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>]

On Tuesday, November 5, 2002, at 07:04 AM, Thomas C. Meggs wrote:

> It would seem to me though the only issue you are driving here is the 
> cost of purchasing housing. Realistically, how many people right out 
> of school jump into building equity in a house? And the cost of 
> renting places in SF _has_ gone down, I can assure you that. I didn't 
> say he should live in San Francisco forever, I said I'm sure being 
> right out of school he would enjoy it a lot.

The housing cost is simply the more striking of the cost differences; 
everything else is much more expensive as well, which especially comes 
to bear on someone with a starting salary.

The problem I see with the SF area is for some reason its been 
portrayed as a wonderful place to live, and I can't seem much, if any 
reasons why it even comes even with other cities. Here's some reasons 
why:

Cons:
* Some of the worst traffic in the nation.
* Very low public funding to such institutions as libraries and schools.
* Enormous homeless population, often one every twenty feet in downtown 
at lunchtime.
* High crime rate
* Everything is more expensive
* Smell from the urine and feces on the streets and public parks.

Pros:
* Good food
* Good symphony, opera, etc, although they are so expensive to attend 
no one on a starting salary can afford them.
* Good music

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michael at czeiszperger dot org
Chapel Hill, NC