Point/Counterpoint

san francisco: do a start up
london: start an experimental music group utilising only the sid chips from old c64s

san francisco: easy to get to the beach, the mountains, sonoma, napa or marin
london: easy to fly to europe

san francisco: french laundry
london: fat duck

san francisco: meet at zeitgeist or toronados or gestalt
london: meet at one of a bazillion pubs

san francisco: muni is cheap but slow and limited
london: tube is expensive but fast and pervasive

san francisco: one hundred years is a long time
london: one hundred miles is a long way

san francisco: profusion of white people with expensive cameras
london: profusion of white people with expensive cameras

san francisco: sushi
london: fish'n'chips

san francisco: "oh, you want to meet larry and sergei, they'll be at my next party"
london: "oh, you want to meet warren ellis and neil gaiman, they'll be at my next party"

san francisco: do a messaging website of use only to your friends in san francisco, london and helsinki
london: do a travel website of use only to your friends in san francisco, london and helsinki

san francisco: polyamorous techutropians
london: polyamorous goths

san francisco: breakfast burritos the size of your head
london: doorstep bacon butties

san francisco: therapy
london: misanthropy

san francisco: christian fascist goverment elected by naïve evangelicals
london: secular fascist goverment elected by naïve idealists

san francisco: expats saying they'll never go back
london: expats saying they'll never go back

san francisco: governed by a body-builder with a talent for self-promotion
london: governed by a bald-man with a talent for self-promotion

san francisco: fixies
london: bromptons

san francisco: people convinced that it's their birthright to change the world one social network at a time
london: people too drunk to realise they're changing the world

san francisco: echo chamber
london: circle jerk