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SO, am I back to considering a big city again? But I could never live in LA, because it's so flat, not near water or mountains (true), no friendly gym (wrong), area code 213 (superstitious), fat Sunday newspapers (forget it), having to be friends with Dick & Jorge, tired bars that I've never liked (make friends at gym), Venice, Silverlake, pretense, actors. (Probably anyone who's hot & gay from San Diego has moved to LA, so that's why it's so lacking in SD.)

But what else is left. Only San Francisco which is so crowded, and so diverse, and not real sunny, but -

Can I do without sun if I have friends?

Can I handle crowds & traffic if I take taxis & don't look at the mess?

Can I afford it?

Can I make good friends there?

Can I be productive there?