How different is living in NYC than SF?

[Taverner]

Never lived in NYC, but have lived in SF since birth (or at least the surrounding area)

So other than size and coast, what differences are there?

[tk2kewl]

1. I think NYC is more high energy and faster paced

while SF is more laid back. but I have always been on vacation while in SF.

[pagerbear]

2. My friend who moved from NYC to SF says that.

[tk2kewl]

4. was that a plus or a minus to him?

:shrug:

[pagerbear]

8. Depends on when you ask him.

[Taverner]

6. Is that a plus or minus for you?

[tk2kewl]

7. I find west-coasters a little too new-agey or granola-ish...

or something. My brother recently moved to Berkley after being in the Mission and other parts of the bay area for about a decade. When I visit his friends seem to find my sarcasm and snarkiness irritating rather than humorous. So, I guess I'd say it's a minus. No offense.

[EFerrari]

14. I take offense. We're just guys with 1000 opinions.

:rofl:

[mcscajun]

3. NYC for the most part is FLAT. IMO, it's far more of a walking town than SF

I've visited SF quite a few times, and I love it out there, but I couldn't navigate those hills walking OR driving and call it fun, so I have to love your city from a distance. Would that I could think of living out there.

Our Chinatown is larger, we have far less fog around our bridges (*most days*). Fashionable midtown/downtown folks dress in black, all the freakin' time. Summertime can get seriously, broilingly hot for days and sometimes weeks on end (to the point where the asphalt in the streets gets soft, really). Few trees and lots of huge buildings packed cheek-by-jowl means it doesn't cool off much at night, either. (All that thermal mass to store up heat by day and release it at night.)

Personal space is at a minimum in restaurants, public transportation, and on sidewalks. "Don't even THINK of Parking here" is our answer to "No Parking" signs. Seriously.

It's a bit of a longer drive to the nearest winery, too, but we sure do have a lot of high-end wine shops.

I don't know about the "rules" for eye-contact in SF, but in NYC, Don't. Make. It.

For women, the #1 and #2 rules are: Always know who's behind you, and Always know where your handbag/purse is.

I'm sure I've left out a whole lot that other DUers will chime in about. :)

[texas1928]

5. Fewer hills.

:shrug:

[rug]

9. In NYC you get to go to New Jersey whenever you want.

[EFerrari]

13. LOL! In SF, you get to go to Milpitas whenever you want.

[Taverner]

17. Milpitas, or Hayward...

Although Hayward does have that Hamsterdam section of town...

[malta blue]

10. NYC has snow...and Californians are always cold in NY

My DH is from SoCal, spent 9 years in SF & Napa and moved to NY in 2005. I am not sure he has recovered from the first winter, much less this past one. Granted, we are upstate, but even in the city (I was born & raised there), when that wind hits you as you turn the corner, it can be brutal.

[stuntcat]

11. NYC's manic compared to San Fran

I lived in NYC for 2 years, in the village, and I loved it but I know I couldn't handle it now. My best friend lived in the Village for 4 or 5 years then he moved to San Francisco and he's changed completely. Sometimes his work flies him to NYC for a few days and he gets to see our old friends but then he's so glad to leave and get back to San Francisco. When I go visit, he lives in the middle of the Castro, it still seems a little crazier than I could handle now, but when I visit New York it wears me completely out :o I think the suburb's made me soft.

He's just gone home yesterday from a trip to NYC and he bitched and bitched about the weather there, and the air, he couldn't wait to get home.

[martymar64]

12. New Yorkers have no concept of courtesy

Their idea of "excuse me" is "Get the Fuck outta my way!"

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. More urine smell in NYC, faster paced, much more intense

less personal.

[Alexander]

16. Well I'm about the opposite of you...

Never lived in SF, but went to NYC just about every weekend of my childhood.

I've been to both places countless times though.

If you like the big-city feel, and both the good and bad that come with it, New York's for you.

If you don't, I'd advise staying in the Bay Area.

[JackBeck]

18. SF reminded me a lot of Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Very neighborhoody and everyone seemed to know one another.

The biggest difference, though, would have to be the weather.