My verdict on San Francisco.

San Francisco is beautiful, with the hills and the water and everything, and all the great houses in the wealthy parts of town.

It's also amazingly compact, and reminds me of Manhattan-like pedestrian densities in a lot of town, which is unbelievable for a town with a 700,000 or so population.

But, I hated having to admire the rich, and felt weird going around and staring at all those houses and liking them, and thus indirectly having to gawk at their wealth and feed their egos.

Also, no-one seems to be able to live there anymore, which automatically reduces a city's coolness quotient by 300%.

Also also, in terms of patios, cool coffee shops, and delicious locally-sourced food, as well as cheap eats, Milwaukee is a much much superior city!