darkangel - I'm an SF girl born and raised! So I'm very partial and attached to my city. SF has the best shopping.eating.entertainment. there is always something going on and anything I want to eat, I can go out and grab within 30 minutes drive. Home prices are ridiculous in SF though. I know a lot of people who moved out of SF a few years ago to get a bigger house and now regret moving out and can't move because the housing values dropped too far. If you can make it out this way, definitely worth it! There isn't any other city i've seen in the world that I love more than SF.