San Francisco’s Creative Scene

There are dozens, maybe hundreds, of things that I love about living in San Francisco. It’s hard to say what I like “best” about the city. But I definitely know that one of the things that I really treasure about living here is the fact that I am surrounded by really creative people.

San Francisco is anything but a boring place and the people who live here are the opposite of dull. People here live fully. They create regularly. They embody self-expression in everything from the way that they dress to the events that they attend to the discussions they have over brunch in the Castro.

And many, many, many of them work either full-time or part-time in creative careers and hobbies. Often, this is linked with the DIY movement. For example, there are tons of San Francisco based artists on Etsy, the site where you can sell your DIY crafts of all kinds in really cool little storefronts online.

I feel lucky to live in a place where creativity is valued by so many people. It is my belief that the creative lifestyle is the only one really worth living. However, living it can be hard sometimes because of the pressures of real life. Living in San Francisco, where there is so much support for creativity, makes it so much easier to stay on that path.