Some reasons to remember why I moved here to San Francisco in 1999: Some Days, It's Almost Heaven. Let me also add how great it is to be openly gay here. It's difficult to express in words, but it's simply so much better to be gay here than anywhere else I've been. (Of course I've never been to Paris, see my post below.) In relation to the other places I've lived and visited, it simply does not compare. Whenever I contemplate a possible move elsewhere, that is a huge factor in my thoughts.