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Old 06-05-2015, 05:42 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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The parts of Los Angeles most similar to San Francisco are Silver Lake and Echo Park. Santa Monica, only in the COL.
Silverlake was the only place that reminded me of SF. I actully really liked silverlake, such a nice neighborhood.
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Old 06-06-2015, 03:59 PM
 
Location: Avignon, France
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Yes Santa Monica is crowded, expensive and there are many nicer places to live. Stay away from Santa Monica! Totally overrated!!! Be afraid... Be very afraid!
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Old 06-07-2015, 01:15 AM
 
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If anything, sf has way more in common with east coast cities like NYC and Boston.. Even mid west cities like Chicago and Detroit.. Sf, like the cities I mentioned, is highly densely populated with a downtown center.. Not very similar to neither LA or sm.. That has urban sprawls branching out and less active downtown..
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Old 06-07-2015, 11:30 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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If anything, sf has way more in common with east coast cities like NYC and Boston.. Even mid west cities like Chicago and Detroit.. Sf, like the cities I mentioned, is highly densely populated with a downtown center.. Not very similar to neither LA or sm.. That has urban sprawls branching out and less active downtown..
You can't possibly have visited these cities and say that.
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Old 06-07-2015, 12:21 PM
 
Location: Seattle, WA
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SF is more similar to Philadelphia than it is to Santa Monica...
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Old 06-07-2015, 02:31 PM
 
Location: Avignon, France
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I love where I live ( SM), and I like visiting SF. Two great places to live or visit. It's a win win.
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Old 06-07-2015, 07:03 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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I lived in San Francisco for 12 years and nothing about Santa Monica reminds me of it, but I have also lived in Venice, and that reminded me very much of the San Francisco where I used to live. Unfortunately, San Francisco is no longer what it used to be, but fortunately, Venice is - or was until very recently.
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Old 06-28-2015, 04:43 PM
 
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I think Santa Monica does have potential to be very urban but there are a lot of older residents who are stuck with the idea of SM as a small beach town. I think overall SF does feel more urban than SM.
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Old 06-28-2015, 08:16 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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There was an article today saying SF's median rent is $4,225. That's quite a bit more than Santa Monica and Santa Monica is one of the most, if not the most, expensive rental market in LA county. I think Santa Monica's median rent is over well over $3,000 but still under SF.

San Francisco has about 8-9 times more people than Santa Monica. It has a bunch more "big city" feel and a lot more diversity. There are interesting historical neighborhoods like Chinatown, the Castro, the Tenderloin, Pacific Heights. Haight Ashbury. What does Santa Monica have? North of Montana, Ocean Park, Main Street, the 3rd St Promenade... nothing like SF.

Santa Monica is basically a glorified ritzy beach suburb of LA, while SF is a global city.

Still, I'd rather be in Santa Monica.
SF is HARDLY a global city. It's a major American city, sure. But global? No. Only New York City, Los Angeles, and maybe Chicago quality for that status within the US.

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Old 06-28-2015, 09:39 PM
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Not really. But both are definitely urban...so yeah in that sense.
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