Where in the Bay did you grow up? I've been here most of the last 25 years, and it seems to me that throughout the Bay Area and for Bay Area writers/publication

Where in the Bay did you grow up? I've been here most of the last 25 years, and it seems to me that throughout the Bay Area and for Bay Area writers/publications like TC, "The City" (often but not always capitalized) unambiguously means San Francisco. I believe it was a specific affectation of Herb Caen, longtime SFChronicle columnist, to refer to SF as "The City" (capitalized). Also, the phrasing and emphasis in hometown band Journey's regionally-popular song 'Lights' may help cement the phrase "the city" to mean SF, among locals. ("When the lights go down in The City... and the sun shines on the bay...") It's not just the generic/nearest 'city', but "The City".