Ask HN: If you hate San Francisco, why do you move there?
Community, jobs, remuneration.
And the you-won't-get-paid-like-this-anywhere-else salary, right?
That is part of "remuneration".
Definitely the most important reason why I'm in the area.
What an incredibly sad reason to be somewhere you hate. I cry for you.
Where did I say I hate it? I actually quite like it, so no need to cry. But, despite of how much I like and enjoy the city, I would never live here if I didn't have a high paying tech job that can cover my living expenses and allow me to save a lot in the process, it would be what I personally consider massively irresponsible.
I come from a small and beautiful European country where my monthly SF rent could easily pay 12 months of rent of an apartment close to the beach and I would get free health care on top of that, so if tech jobs in SF were to dry up, guess where I'd be headed :-)
Money doesn't buy happiness, but it sure as hell helps.
The happiest man I know is more intelligent than anybody on HN, a wild violinist you'll see playing wild roma, turkish, and arabic standing on top of newspaper boxes in north beach and the mission, when he's not traveling abroad. A genius with perfect pitch who memorizes books and speaks 10 languages.
He decided in University he would be happier without anything, and has been homeless since he was 16. He makes about $40 per day busking, and gives half of it to people less fortunate than himself. say hi to him if you see him.
Money is a placebo.
I don't move there...