> I had enough time to go to all of those things...
Sorry, maybe I'm taking you too literally here, but I find that hard to believe. You had time to attend every artistic event in SF, and you just weren't satisfied?
The last year I lived in San Francisco, I quit being an overworked startup employee and took an easy contracting job. I could leave the office around 4pm most days and made an effort to go to as many art and music things as possible.
So you are taking me too literally, but I wasn't exaggerating by much.
I swear I don't mean to be glib here... but doesn't Minneapolis have a particularly vibrant music scene for a city its size? I think you've set a higher bar than a lot of people will realize.