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Ah so you're the mayor since it's "your city?" Or perhaps the dictator of SF?

• mikeash 12y ago
  "My city" is perfectly idiomatic English for "the city in which I live."
  • ravitation 12y ago
    This is just untrue. I can say city X is "my city" because I was born there. I can say city Y is "my city" because I grew up there. I can say city Z is "my city" because my family has roots there. "My city" in no way implies only that you currently live in a city; it implies a connection to, and in this case entitlement to and right to live in, a city. This right does not belong just to the people living there now. So, the implication that he must "own" a city to call it "my city" and restrict who can come and go is also idiomatically correct.
  • icelancer 12y ago
    It's not the specific terminology that I take issue with. It's the fact that the poster asserts some rights over the territory.