It depends on which locals, I guess. Personally, I find the faux-cosmopolitans in San Francisco even more boring. The "Stuff White People Like" blog is not far off the mark. I'd rather hang out with a guy who mods classic cars and builds robots in his spare time than another webdesigner-DJ-foodie-proto-yuppie.
Have you ever met anyone who both mods classic cars and builds robots? Those seem like hobbies for drastically different minds. And, one is decidedly provincial, while the other isn't.
strange, as most of my friends are actually foreign or asian (SF is about 30% asian).
Yes, I agree the prototypical-in-your-face know it all hipster can be annoying, but the beauty of SF is you can find people of any predesposition, upbringing and nationality.
Most of my friends tend to be foreign, or born from first generation immigrants, as they are probably more similiar to me, German, French, Half Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Turkish, Australian, Nigerian, so basically a lot of very different cultures, which came to the US for varios reason, and ambition seems to be a common trait.
SJ you are judged by the car you drive. And, yes, my SJ co-workers talk about cars that want to buy, that are expensive enough they probably couldn't afford, if they didn't live with their parents, to impress the ladies.
I know, it is a small sample, guys in their 20s, but they fit the car obsesed stereotype pretty well.
Why should you care if some people judge you by your car? That's their problem, not yours.
Every place has people who will judge you based on some physical attribute. Ignore them. Don't let them sour you on the cool stuff because then you lose.
