You realize that California is a much larger place than just SF right? It's the most populous state, the 3 largest in mileage, and if it was a country it'd have

You realize that California is a much larger place than just SF right? It's the most populous state, the 3 largest in mileage, and if it was a country it'd have the 8th largest GDP. It's astounding that you simply can't imagine that there exists cities that function differently than "the capital of the world" as you put it.