Bring LOOOOOOOTS of money, lol.
a) Bay Area has one of the highest costs of living in the country. It is not unusual to see 1 bedrooms for 1500 and up.
b) Beware of the phonies. Everybody is friendly and smiles at you, but…..
that’s highly subjective of course, but it’s how it occured to me when I lived there.
c) Dump your car, you don’t need one in SF. It will be more aggravation than anything.
d) Enjoy the club & music scene, last call is 1:30 usually, so go out early
e) Really cool people hang out in Berkeley ;)