Should I move to Seattle or San Francisco?

[grapico]

Originally Posted by Steve Bowen

Portraying venture capital investment as an indicator of a city's fiscal well-being is silly. And it's hardly proof that SF is not in decline. I'm not saying it is in decline, but a factoid about VC funding is irrelevant.

How about looking at some actual economic indicators from the Brookings Institution's MetroMonitor program? It factors in changes in employment growth, unemployment rate, gross metropolitan product and housing prices.

Overall Performance - MetroMonitor - Brookings Institution

When you do that, Seattle's economy looks substantially better than San Francisco's. Factor in the lower tax burden and lower cost of living and from a dollar and cents sense standpoint, Seattle is a better choice than SF. SF is a great city, a world city, and more cosmopolitan than Seattle, but you pay for that.

That would actually make sense.

[overunder12]

Originally Posted by Nikolya

Seattle is great city. Public transportation is better and cheaper than in SF. Seattle is not for somebody who doesn't like rain. It rains a lot.
A weather in SF a little bit better. Lots of fog. Weather depends on neighborhood.
I don't like a weather of both cities but I would choose SF over Seattle

Public Transportation is definitely much better in San Francisco, not to mention it's a lot more walkable and cohesive.