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This week, I'm celebrating my five-year anniversary of living in San Francisco.
It's been a weird half-decade around these parts: When I arrived in 2011, Facebook's IPO wasn't even a rumor, Uber was a hot young startup with an unproven business model, and people were really upset about "New Twitter."
In other words, it was the early days of what we now recognize as the current Silicon Valley startup craze.
Since then, I've gone to some amazing parties (and even more terrible ones), met lots of interesting people, and witnessed massive changes throughout the city. My girlfriend and I even bought a house.
And while people smarter than I ruminate over whether this is a bubble now deflating, all I can do is tell you what it's been like living in San Francisco during this time of huge transition.
I grew up in the suburbs of New York City, went to college in another suburb of New York City, and then moved to Queens in New York City. By early 2011, my apartment's lease was up, and I was itching for a change.
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I drastically underestimated how hard it is to get an apartment in San Francisco: A few weeks before I officially moved, I flew in just to go to open houses. Over a dozen apartment viewings later, I had been rejected every time.
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I finally found a place, sight unseen, on Craigslist. Turns out it was in San Francisco's upscale-ish Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood, with all utilities included for a very reasonable rate.
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