I enjoy it. Pretty views, and my favorite parks, restaurants, bars, and hobby shops (comic book stores, used book stores, computer shops, a BIG Apple store, etc.).

I love a little coffee place by Crissy Field. You can see both bridges, the downtown area, Alcatraz, and the Palace of Fine Arts. Or the view from Twin Peaks.

I haven’t been too troubled by the “permeating hipster douchebag air.” I mean, there are plenty of hipster douchebags (your term makes me smile. I am going to call someone that when next its appropriate!) on display on weekend evenings in the Marina and Mission districts. But I guess once you pass your late twenties, they can become as invisible to you as you are to them. Glittering fireflies; easy enough to ignore, and harmless. I can’t recall when they interfered with my day.

My wife and I noted this soon after our baby arrived. Walking down the street, we began noticing all the couples with small children… who’d previously not registered so much.

Forgive me, I enjoyed my time there and still love the place. I do see what you mean, and it’s good to get a perspective different from my own.