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I live in the Bay Area and hear it without cringing. However "Frisco" does make me crings.
by ternaryoperator 3y ago
I live in the Bay Area and hear it without cringing. However "Frisco" does make me crings.
- hifromLA 3y agoFrisco has been said for a long time by black San Franciscans (of which there are currently so few there is literally a movie called the last black man in San Francisco). Cringe if you want but there is history behind calling SF Frisco in certain communities. interesting article/source: https://www.kqed.org/news/11339599/why-do-some-hate-the-nickname-frisco https://www.kqed.org/news/11339599/why-do-some-hate-the-nick...
- randycupertino 3y ago"Frisco" is actually an old school blue-collar nickname for SF. My uncle and all his boomer stevedore buddies use it on the reg. https://www.quora.com/Why-do-some-people-call-San-Francisco-Frisco https://www.quora.com/Why-do-some-people-call-San-Francisco-...