California&#x27;s rules, regulations, tone and general outlook on most things irk me, and even more so SF as the epicenter of such things in California. So, no, I don&#x27;t think one could pay me to live in San Francisco.<p>It doesn&#x27;t need to be said here but I&#x27;ll go ahead and say it anyway - Texas has no state income tax. Sure, they have no mass transit to speak of, but then again, in truth, they don&#x27;t need it. (Outside of the philosophical view that all metropoli need mass transit, which I agree with.)<p>Edit: the fact that SF, a city with arguably a third the population of NYC has rents more than NYC is exactly the kind of &quot;thing&quot; that irks me about SF. It&#x27;s the kind of social dysfunction that&#x27;s intolerable - for me.<p>Another is the Bay Bridge. When standing in Marin north of the Golden Gate, there are a number of plaques describing the building of the GGB. A picturesque view with the BB in the background. Guess what? It turns out the GGB was built ahead of schedule and under budget - with no computers! I don&#x27;t even need to go into the failings of the BB. You get my point.