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Is it more expensive to live in Seattle or San Francisco?
The cost of living in San Francisco, CA is 37.1\% higher than in Seattle, WA. You would have to earn a salary of $82,287 to maintain your current standard of living. Employers in San Francisco, CA typically pay 14.3\% more than employeers in Seattle, WA.
Where do celebrities live in the Bay Area?
Danielle Steel’s Spreckels Mansion in Pacific Heights. Danielle Steel’s enormous hedge outside of Spreckels Mansion in Pacific Heights. Danielle Steel’s Spreckels Mansion in Pacific Heights.
Why people love the Bay Area?
Bay Area locals love the variety of cultural events, the restaurants offering cuisines from around the world, and the diversity of the people who live here. The near-perfect weather year-round is a Bay Area favorite.
Why Seattle is better than San Francisco?
San Francisco is best known for its diversity, amazing cuisine, and exciting nightlife but it comes at a high cost. Seattle, by comparison, offers more affordable living and high-paying tech jobs with fewer cultural attractions and amenities.
Why do you prefer Seattle or the Bay Area?
Must mention food here… if you’re into Pan-Asian cuisines, Seattle beats the Bay hands down for me. This is mostly due to the seafood which is leveraged to its full extent in Seattle. Fresh Dungeness in the Northwest is unbeatable, as is salmon.
Is it better to work in Seattle or San Francisco?
If working in a large stable firm such as Microsoft or Amazon is your style, Seattle is a great city with ample opportunities. San Francisco on the other hand is the place to be if you’re in tech. You can find jobs in large companies (FB, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, LinkedIn, etc) or one of hundreds of startups.
What is it like to live in the Bay Area?
Let’s start with the Bay, which is filled with every type of person from every nook and cranny in the world (I think only New York has us beat on this front). As most of us Bay Area locals know, cities and neighborhoods paint very different stories of life in the Bay. You can get a drive-by world tour by driving any 10 mile stretch in the Bay.
What is the east side of Seattle like?
There is an “east side” e.g. Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, etc. and a “west side” e.g. downtown, Queen Anne, etc (not to be confused with West Seattle). For someone coming from the Bay Area, Seattle’s east side is like the South Bay and the west side is more like the peninsula/SF.