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So, so true. In my group of east-coast friends and family: Under 50ish: it's San Fran Over: Frisco Locally? Bay Area. The City. Etc.
by encoderer 14y ago
So, so true.
In my group of east-coast friends and family:
Under 50ish: it's San Fran
Over: Frisco
Locally? Bay Area. The City. Etc.
- scott_s 14y agoI think everyone who lives near a major city calls that city "The City" in everyday conversation. I live near NYC, and I do it in reference to Manhattan. (Less so the other parts of NYC, such as Queens and the Bronx.)
- prodigal_erik 14y agoI've only heard it happens around SF and NYC. Certainly nobody in Redmond was calling Seattle "the city" when I was there.
- scott_s 14y agoI grew up outside of DC, and people would say it there as well.
- vtbassmatt 14y agoOther commenters have pointed out that almost every major metro area gets called "the city" by its suburbanites, and that matches my observations of at least Seattle, DC, and Nashville. I've lived outside Seattle for 5.5 years and routinely hear it called "the city" by both locals and transplants.
- mjn 14y agoIn Santa Cruz we typically called it "SF", or else the full "San Francisco". Didn't hear anybody use "San Fran" or "Frisco", and "The City" was too nonspecific.