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"The City" refers to the core of whatever urban area you're in. It's meaningless outside of your local frame of reference. The only place in the US that has a
by juan_juarez 14y ago
"The City" refers to the core of whatever urban area you're in. It's meaningless outside of your local frame of reference. The only place in the US that has a halfway legitimate claim universal ownership of that name is NYC and that's tenuous at best.
- kjackson2012 14y agoIf you read more carefully, I said people from the Bay Area call SF "The City". I didn't say it was the universal name for SF, just for the people in the area.
- run4yourlives 14y agoSure, but if you read more carefully, you'd understand the context for the rest of the entire conversation is national, if not North American. You can't expect everyone to switch context on your whim simply because you want to.