On this episode of BOULDER vs. SAN FRANCISCO, we look at key points of awesomeness and key points of crappiness between the two very different cities. This exercise serves to remind us, when we forget, why we are in one or the other. In the future, it can serve to remind us what we love about where we are not.
Boulder is AWESOME:
-The mountains are ridiculous (meaning wonderful)
-FAMILY. I love you guys. Enough said.
-The aching nostalgia of childhood, teenage hood, etc. (strangely enough, this is a good thing for me)
-Knowing where shit is!!!
-Effrain's, Southern Sun, Lucile's, Bookend.
-Oh yeah! My friends! I love you guys too.
-The seasons are explicit and I look forward to each and every one
Boulder can be crappy...:
-How long have I lived there? Oh yeah. MY WHOLE LIFE.
-Oh look!!! There's a black person!!! The first one I've seen in TEN YEARS.
-The sometimes wealthy/pretentious/overly liberal vibe=no good
-I run into someone I know everywhere I go. This can be good and bad but it gets tiring.
San Francisco is AWESOME:
-It's a brand new place with brand new everything: people, restaurants, streets, sights, weather.
-I, with my red hair and blue eyes, am most definitely in the minority. This is nice.
-UCSF is a good school!
-There is food from nearly every country available. Also there are crazy cheap Japanese stores with really good tupperware. This is probably a very personal positive point...
-I don't run into someone I've known since preschool everywhere I go! Neat!
-Big city culture! Art, performance and other goodies.
San Francisco can be crappy...:
-I've found the best restaurant EVER!!!! Oh wait...there are billions of other places I haven't tried so I can't really say that...
-It can get lonely here. There's no one I went to preschool with.
-Can we get some sunshine? Oh...no we can't? Ok. That's a little sad. (Note: the Mission district actually is a weird pocket of sunshine and that's where I'd like to live if I come back)
-There aren't distinct seasons here and there's definitely no whimsical snowfall in the winter so I've heard.
-It's a big city: big city smells, big city trash, big city pocket pickers and other annoyances.
This doesn't do either place justice and they are difficult to compare because of their vast differences. It's just nice to think about the great features and not so great features because I'll probably live in both places again in the future (Boulder for sure: see you in five days!).
As for SF, thanks for all the excitement these past couple months. I think I got my share of Asian food and awkward bus experiences. I'll be back. Give me a sunny day when I get here.
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