Check Out These Hilarious Comparisons Between NYC & San Francisco

3 min readMay 26, 2016

After living in New York for 5 years, the writer and comedian Sarah Cooper pulled up stakes and moved to the west coast. San Francisco to be exact.

After a year in the SF Sarah Cooper decided to share her thoughts and observations on the differences between these two great cities.

To paraphrase George Orwell, all cities are equal, but some cities are more equal than others. Which of these iconic locations do you think comes out on top? …or are we more similar than you might think?

Source Images: The Cooper Review

Feature Image: New Yorker

Originally published at secretnyc.co.

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