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Why You Live In SF Instead Of Suburbia

Why You Live In SF Instead Of Suburbia

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Created by Dav Yaginuma • Updated On: October 14, 2013

You left your crappy suburban and/or conservative boring hometown behind and moved to San Francisco. Here's what you didn't find in St Louis / San Diego / Raleigh / etc.

Chez Poulet is one of Why You Live In SF Instead Of Suburbia.

1. Chez Poulet

3359 Cesar Chavez (at Mission St), San Francisco, CA
Event Space · Bernal Heights · 4 tips and reviews
The Vortex Room is one of Why You Live In SF Instead Of Suburbia.

2. The Vortex Room

6.0
1082 Howard St (btwn 7th & Russ), San Francisco, CA
Movie Theater · SoMa · 4 tips and reviews
Audium is one of Why You Live In SF Instead Of Suburbia.

3. Audium

7.1
1616 Bush St (at Franklin St), San Francisco, CA
Music Venue · Cathedral Hill · 24 tips and reviews
CELLspace is one of Why You Live In SF Instead Of Suburbia.

4. CELLspace

8.0
2050 Bryant St (btwn 18th & 19th St), San Francisco, CA
Performing Arts Venue · Mission District · 9 tips and reviews
The Wave Organ is one of Why You Live In SF Instead Of Suburbia.

5. The Wave Organ

7.0
1 Yacht Rd (at Lyon St), San Francisco, CA
Monument · Marina District · 25 tips and reviews
SF Citadel is one of Why You Live In SF Instead Of Suburbia.

6. SF Citadel

7.2
181 Eddy St (Taylor Street), San Francisco, CA
Night Club · Tenderloin · 3 tips and reviews
Yerba Buena Gardens is one of Why You Live In SF Instead Of Suburbia.

7. Yerba Buena Gardens

9.2
745 Mission St (btwn 3rd & 4th St), San Francisco, CA
Park · SoMa · 153 tips and reviews
Mission Control SF is one of Why You Live In SF Instead Of Suburbia.

8. Mission Control SF

2519 Mission St (at 21st St), San Francisco, CA
Speakeasy · Mission District · 1 tip
Bring Your Own Big Wheel Race Starting Line is one of Why You Live In SF Instead Of Suburbia.

9. Bring Your Own Big Wheel Race Starting Line

Vermont St (at 20th St), San Francisco, CA
Scenic Lookout · Potrero Hill · 7 tips and reviews
Noisebridge is one of Why You Live In SF Instead Of Suburbia.

10. Noisebridge

2169 Mission St (18th St.), San Francisco, CA
Coworking Space · Mission District · 25 tips and reviews
The Dark Room Theater is one of Why You Live In SF Instead Of Suburbia.

11. The Dark Room Theater

2263 Mission St (at 19th St), San Francisco, CA
Comedy Club · Mission District · 6 tips and reviews
Radio Valencia is one of Why You Live In SF Instead Of Suburbia.

12. Radio Valencia

7.6
2390 Mission (20th), San Francisco, CA
Music Venue · Mission District · 8 tips and reviews
Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (GAFFTA) is one of Why You Live In SF Instead Of Suburbia.

13. Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (GAFFTA)

998 Market St (Taylor), San Francisco, CA
Art Gallery · Downtown San Francisco-Union Square · 5 tips and reviews
Artist's Television Access is one of Why You Live In SF Instead Of Suburbia.

14. Artist's Television Access

6.7
992 Valencia St (21st), San Francisco, CA
Movie Theater · Dolores Heights · 3 tips and reviews
Burning Man - Mid Market SFHQ is one of Why You Live In SF Instead Of Suburbia.

15. Burning Man - Mid Market SFHQ

955 Market St, San Francisco, CA
Office · SoMa · 2 tips and reviews
Langton Labs is one of Why You Live In SF Instead Of Suburbia.

16. Langton Labs

San Francisco, CA
Home (private) · SoMa · 3 tips and reviews
Camera Obscura & Holograph Gallery is one of Why You Live In SF Instead Of Suburbia.

17. Camera Obscura & Holograph Gallery

7.1
1096 Point Lobos Avenue, San Francisco, CA
Scenic Lookout · 9 tips and reviews

18. Hazmat

Concert Hall · Produce and Waterfront · No tips or reviews
SF Valentines Day Pillow Fight is one of Why You Live In SF Instead Of Suburbia.

19. SF Valentines Day Pillow Fight

Justin Herman Plaza (Market & Embarcadero), San Francisco, CA
Arts and Entertainment · Financial District · 2 tips and reviews

20. Bliss Dance at Treasure Island

Avenue Palms (6th Street), San Francisco, CA
Monument · Treasure Island · No tips or reviews
Redwood Valley Railway is one of Why You Live In SF Instead Of Suburbia.

21. Redwood Valley Railway

7.4
Grizzly Peak Blvd (at Lomas Cantadas Rd), Orinda, CA
Train · 11 tips and reviews

22. Urban Iditarod

24 Willie Mays Plz (3rd), San Francisco, CA
Uncategorized · South Beach · No tips or reviews
SF Decompression: Heat the Street Faire 2013 is one of Why You Live In SF Instead Of Suburbia.

23. SF Decompression: Heat the Street Faire 2013

700 Indiana St (19th Street & Minnesota), San Francisco, CA
Indie Theater · Dogpatch · 5 tips and reviews

24. Flytrap Studios

900 E 11th St, Oakland, CA
Indie Theater · San Antonio · 1 tip

Ian K.Ian Kennedy: Cool art space in East Oakland, live/work space by Taiko Drummers.