> "San Francisco has the prettiest natural surroundings of any city in America." I don't think it's an unreasonable candidate for someone's favorite, but it's

> "San Francisco has the prettiest natural surroundings of any city in America." I don't think it's an unreasonable candidate for someone's favorite, but it's pretty surprising for the author to not recognize that this is both subjective and highly controversial. If I had to predict what people in America would describe as "the American city with the prettiest natural surroundings," I think cities with large mountains would score very highly.