New Yorkers keep turning up in San Francisco. The group chat asking who's in town this week, the friend who swore they'd never leave Manhattan posting from Dolores Park, the June sublet that became a lease.

The culture shock is specific. Dinner is at six. The city sleeps at ten. In New York nobody opens with what you do for work; here it's the first question. It takes a minute.

Then the expat thing happens, the New Yorkers find each other. Same flights, same restaurants, same complaints.

SFNYC started there, as a group chat, a year ago. Now it's a small network with one class a year. Gatherings in both cities, introductions across them. A safe place for New Yorkers. Put plainly, New Yorkers who like San Francisco, and San Francisco people that New Yorkers like.

SFNYC (sfnyc.org)

Applications for the 2026 class close August 1st. We keep each class small and read every application. If this sounds like you or someone you know, apply at sfnyc.org.

A Safe Place for New Yorkers

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