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Love It or Leave It, SF Weekly

The carpetbaggers over at Village Voice Media, aka, the SF Weekly, have launched an anti-SF hit piece that completely misses the point of San Francisco and why people choose to live here.

Now, like my old buddy, Mat, I hate things about SF - including much of what is covered in this piece. That makes my headline pretty much meaningless - at least I admit that, which is more than the Weekly would do about the one atop the article we're discussing here. More after the jump...

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I Hate It, I Love It, I’m Never Leaving

Local writer and long-time resident Mat Honan has written an immensely quote-worthy piece about why he moved here and never left. Here's a snip:

I hate this place. It stinks and it's dirty and there's piss everywhere and needles and garbage and yesterday when I went for a run in the park I had to traverse a trail that had been completely covered in used toilet paper. I've been robbed at gunpoint here, just down the street from my apartment. San Francisco is expensive, and I'll never be able to afford to buy a home. The city government is corrupt, there's nowhere to park, the people are all fucking crazy, and don't even get me started about MUNI.

I'm never leaving, motherfuckers.

Read the whole thing here. Visit Mat's website, and follow him on Twitter.