It definitely helps the quality of life of the Peninsula to not be embroiled in SF politics. Tons of SF natives moved to the Peninsula for those reasons. You d

It definitely helps the quality of life of the Peninsula to not be embroiled in SF politics. Tons of SF natives moved to the Peninsula for those reasons. You don't need a large city to coordinate transportation. By that logic, the whole Bay Area should be one city. After all, you have BART running to the East Bay, South Bay, and a tiny part of the Peninsula.