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Is Sydney strongly car-oriented and lacking a sufficient subway system and such?
Yes. But it has a crap freeway system, small network and some of them are very narrow. Once I was driving on one of their inner city freeways, only 2 lanes and so narrow that i didn't dare overtake the truck infront of me for fear of shearing both my rear-view mirrors off Sydney does have a decent train network though.
How about Vancouver, BC Canada .....has a marine west coast climate ....
beautiful snow capped mountains ....huge chinese population (similiar to SF)
...it has arts/culture ...and rapid transit (not as good as SF's BART)
...lots of movies and TV shows are shot in Vancouver
I currently live in San Francisco, my hometown, and am absolutely an urban girl. After living in NYC for 10 years I find this place pretty provincial, and I hate hiking and camping, which is pretty important to people here. I work in arts administration and find very few employment opportunities here for that, (unless I want to work in advertising, which I don't) plus the cost of living here makes that nearly impossible. And I hate the public transportation, but of course, I am used to NYC.
Anyway, I am ready to move, and I wonder if anyone has suggestions for cities around the world that are comparable to San Francisco in climate and beauty but also have world class arts institutions, great public transportation, and that I could afford on an arts administration salary (roughly 50,000USD a year). Moving to NYC is an option just because so many employment opportunities are there, but somehow it seems even too congested for me now that I am 38, and I don't know if I could go back to being that strapped for cash all the time.
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If I was in your shoes, I'd go to Barcelona. But then again, if I was in your shoes, I'd consider myself very lucky to live a dream life in San Fransisco, and if people tiresomely talk about the endless greatness of hiking, I'd change the subject or just leave the room.
I would say you should look into Washington, DC. I would go to the pages here on DC, and read up about it.
I say this because DC has a lot to offer culturally, and the Smithsonian is a phenomenal institution. I just wrote a comment about its resident program. For someone like yourself in arts administration, I think you might like it.
By the way, I have lived in NYC, Berkeley (i.e., outside of SF where you are now), and overseas in England (where I currently am with my husband), S. Korea, and Israel. Travel-wise, I've also been to Australia, so I'm familiar (but only as a tourist) with Melbourne.
I put this in to say that from your description of what you want and what you like, DC may well be a very interesting and manageable city for you.
I currently live in San Francisco, my hometown, and am absolutely an urban girl. After living in NYC for 10 years I find this place pretty provincial, and I hate hiking and camping, which is pretty important to people here. I work in arts administration and find very few employment opportunities here for that, (unless I want to work in advertising, which I don't) plus the cost of living here makes that nearly impossible. And I hate the public transportation, but of course, I am used to NYC.
Anyway, I am ready to move, and I wonder if anyone has suggestions for cities around the world that are comparable to San Francisco in climate and beauty but also have world class arts institutions, great public transportation, and that I could afford on an arts administration salary (roughly 50,000USD a year). Moving to NYC is an option just because so many employment opportunities are there, but somehow it seems even too congested for me now that I am 38, and I don't know if I could go back to being that strapped for cash all the time.
Okay, thanks for reading! Look forward to learning more about cities on this forum...
I have only been to a few countries, but London is beautiful and eclectic, a good selection of Art Museums (National Portrait Gallery) and amazing architecture. The mass transit is easy, and clean.
I never lived in S.F. and being recently divorced, it intrigued me as a city, having been from NY originally. I am still confused about which US city to move to.
One place you may like is Boston, it is more european in feel, beautiful old brownstones, and less cost of living than NYC. The Public Garden and Back Bay area is beautiful, and of course the museums. Boston is definitely less congested than NYC and I am still considering it. Let me know what you decide!
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Sydney does have a decent train network though.
Re: You might want to consider Washington, DC...
hi- a few suggestions
I am still confused about which US city to move to. 
