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Ask HN: How to best make use of a weekend SF trip?

2 pointsby bradtxalmost 8 years ago
I&#x27;m trying to move from Texas and am spending my 24th birthday there to check out the area.<p>Edit: I&#x27;m currently a programmer analyst doing web dev&#x2F;process documentation at a private non-tech company. I have a bachelor&#x27;s degree in accounting. This trip is about 2 months out and don&#x27;t know or have any leads as to where I&#x27;ll be working once I get there.<p>I&#x27;m not a party person, I don&#x27;t drink, I hardly watch movies&#x2F;Netflix or play video games. I mostly spend my extra time working on my side project. I skateboard for exercise a few times a week.<p>I&#x27;ve checked meetup.com for tech events during the weekend that I&#x27;ll be there but didn&#x27;t see anything quite down my alley.

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goldenbeetalmost 8 years ago
we would need so much more info than this to give you helpful information.<p>For instance, when you move do you already know where you&#x27;ll be working? What kind of work do you do? (I assume engineer, but could be wrong) What kind of things do you enjoy doing (outdoors, drinking, museums, nerd-core, fancy food, sports, etc)<p>General Tips:<p>- North Beach has some nice bars and restaurants for a chill night. (I would avoid the touristy parts near the piers though)<p>- Mission district has some world famous burritos and you may want to check Dolores Park<p>- Polk st has decent night life if you want to drink&#x2F;party<p>- If you&#x27;re gonna work in tech you&#x27;ll likely be in SOMA or Financial District so take a stroll around market street and then down the embarcadero to the stadium<p>- A lot of people tend to go to the piers in the north of the city for seafood. If you want to do that, I&#x27;d advise going to Hog Island in the ferry building instead.<p>- Checkout Meetup.com and look for any meetups happening that weekend so you can perhaps meet some locals and get a feel for the community you&#x27;d want to be involved in