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Do you think San Francisco would be more built up if all the other people in California who wanted to live there got a vote? Nobody in California outside of Sa

by rdouble 13y ago

Do you think San Francisco would be more built up if all the other people in California who wanted to live there got a vote? Nobody in California outside of San Francisco really thinks or cares much about The City, so nothing would be different. It's always been it's own weird microcosm of reality, and will likely stay that way forever.

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rayiner 13y ago
Clearly people outside SF in California must care, since they're moving in... Also, I've never come across this use of "The City" but there it is, according to Wikipedia. The term can refer to: New York, London, Rome, or San Francisco (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City). I don't think "The City" would ever evoke SF to anyone outside of SF...
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- rdouble 13y ago
  'The City' is just a local nickname which has been forever memorialized by the most popular t-shirt in the Bay, the old Golden State Warriors logo. http://c-product.images.dreamsretail.com/46-40/46-40526-Y.jpg http://c-product.images.dreamsretail.com/46-40/46-40526-Y.jp... It's just anecdotal, but I don't think many people in California care about San Francisco's housing problems. Southern Californians tend to think SF is "weird" and "too cold." If they pine for a dense urban experience, it's in Manhattan.
- greghinch 13y ago
  I've been a Bay Area resident since birth (1981). SF has always been The City