How this place changed my life — 1 year ago
When I was on the verge of homelessness, a friend of mine who rented a small room in a residential hotel in Chinatown told me that there was a room vacant. So I was accepted as a tenant there, and I even ended up living in the room right across from where my friend lived.
It was the only place I could afford to live at while attending SFSU to complete my BA in English Lit. It was great while I was there, and I left to get married to someone I met onine. (That was a big red flag, BTW, but I was in love with love so I hardly cared.) Even so, I was able to enjoy the local cuisine, especially dim sum. You have not been to Chinatown without experiencing a real dim sum meal.
Were it not for the cheap lodging in Chinatown, I probably never would have been able to finish my degree, so in that way my life did change for the better. It is certainly the best place on the West Coast to enjoy the Chinese New Year celebration. I even bought a “Year of the Tiger” T-shirt, since I was born in a Tiger year. My best experiences (including my college graduation) happened during Tiger years.
