Going to the Bay from New York
I'm currently considering moving from New York to the Bay area for work (at Google MTV). The main motive is to accelerate my career, learn more and network within the tech community. There are some obvious concerns I have and I wanted some opinions on that. I hear the social situation is not ideal/non-existent. As a early 20s male am I doomed to be single and lonely here? What are common activities that young social people do here? What is the best place to live with other like-minded individuals?
If you are gay, Bay Area is amazing. If you are g heterosexual male, then tough luck.
If you are used to a lot of night life you would be best off living in San Francisco. Outside of a subset of the city itself, night life is indeed hard to find. The Bay Area is a sleepy region. That said, I think a lot of what draws people here is good weather and good nature. Personally I enjoy getting outdoors more than going to bars, and the bay outside SF is great for that. Because you are a single early 20s male I would recommend living in SF, but not west of Divisadero. If you move to MTV, you will be doomed.
Had a friend (also at Google) who went from MTV to NYC and loves it there. He didn't enjoy the Bay. If you're decently attractive and have good game, you shouldn't have issues getting women. Most dudes here are losers who whine about the shitty dating situation when the reality is that they have a boring personality and no game.
For social life, def recommend the city. The night life and selection is sub par to nyc. I lived in nyc in summer 2016 and as a 20s something Herero male, it was night and day better. If I didn’t meet my gf here in the bay, I’d be in nyc 100%. Career Ops wouldn’t be worth it anymore for me
Stay in nyc. Social life is much better there, the google office there is massive, you should be able to find endless career opportunities in that building
Work for Google in NYC.
No! Don't! I did this, I'm in my mid 30s, with 2 kids, and I feel that living here is completely booooring, I can hardly bear it. Convincing myself that kids love the backyard and I'm doing it for them. In fact, MV is an f'ing village at best, and no, I don't mean the Village, I mean - single main street, 5 so-so restaurants, and 3 lame-ass bars... No social life, no cultural events, nowhere to go, and noone to be by your side... Just never ending Google campus, like being in a fun jail - cool inside, but paved concrete parking lots outside. Traffic is a bitch - you'd think, oh, no worries, I'll go to SF more often... And then after 3 attempts with 2,5 hours in traffic you'd think - I'd rather f'ing kms.... Literally the only fun is going hiking ... or doing drugs. Like daily. Don't.
You’re better off in NY
Agreed
Finding a room here is impossible, this is such a joke. Not sure I should even take the top tier offer I received because not even one positive reply from Craigslist. How the fuck do you people find a place?