I’ve been living in San Francisco for the past few weeks as part of a summer internship with a public accounting firm. I was excited to move to the area and get to know the renowned San Francisco a little better. I’m still trying to form my overall opinion of the city, but here are a few things that stood out to me:

• The crosswalks make the “Million-Dollar Man” sound when the signal is to walk. Even after several weeks of experiencing the sound, I still want to broad jump the street in slow motion when I hear it. (Both my wife Kerri and my friend Kyle B. think the sound is more like a slow-firing machine gun, encouraging sight-impaired individuals to run across the street.)
• In the financial district, it seems like most places close down at around 6:00. I feel like I can barely get out of work in time to do any shopping, and even then, only for a few minutes. For how much retail real estate likely costs, I would think that it would be a good idea to stay open for another hour or two and catch businesspeople as they leave the office.
• Walgreen’s seems to average at least one store on every block downtown. I’m surprised that there’s enough pharmacy business to distribute among the stores, especially to cover fixed costs.
• This isn’t a San-Francisco thought, but something I noticed since I’ve been here: Apple’s sleek and minimal style is maybe starting to go a little overboard. They’re getting very close to looking like a soulless, big-brother-type of an organization, very contrary to their famous “1984” campaign (see photo below). It’s kind of funny how close cool and independent are to soulless and authoritarian.

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Posted by Cole on July 11th, 2010 :: Filed under Uncategorized
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