The queer POC art + music/party scene in SF is the only place I've found that's consistently cool
The queer scene in general is super white and sometimes very liberal (racist) and the art/music/party scene in general is pretty corporatized. The white queer artist crowd is cool and not liberal but still has lots of whiteness that a lot of POC people here don't like
And a lot of POC events are just networking events for professionals
Place is super gutted out by tech and finance, I think Oakland still has some interesting stuff/culture but it's hard to find good vibes
The queer POC art + music/party scene in SF is the only place I've found that's consistently cool
The queer scene in general is super white and sometimes very liberal (racist) and the art/music/party scene in general is pretty corporatized. The white queer artist crowd is cool and not liberal but still has lots of whiteness that a lot of POC people here don't like
And a lot of POC events are just networking events for professionals
Tbh I was happier seeing google and gitlab billboards over the thousands of personal injury lawyer billboards in my area.