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Relevant to this thread; why does it feel like San Jose have more Giants/49ers fans than San Francisco itself? If anything, if I lived in the South Bay, I'd root for East Bay teams. They'd be in better company
Well my guess is because the 49er HQ's are in Santa Clara and they are actually trying to build their new stadium there, right by Great America I believe. The SF Giants also have a AAA team in San Jose. So it seems like SF teams have more roots in the South Bay then the Raiders and A's. The A's actually want to build their new stadium in downtown San Jose right next to where the Sharks play but the Giants are trying to block it because it's their "territory".
I never knew much about San Jose before I saw their downtown on streetview, but I really liked what I saw. I also love the weather there. Columbus is a really nice city as well. It's a toss up for me.
According to those videos, Columbus sounds very much like Sacramento.
Columbus is like San Jose because of the corporate and entrepreneurial climate n NHL Hockey.
If Columbus were on the West it would known be as a cool city. Can I change may vote?
It's funny that you would comment on Columbus sharing similarities with Sacramento ... One of the very 1st aspects I recall upon moving to Columbus, was that it "felt and looked more like a west coast or a sunbelt city"
It actually reminds me alot of Denver, too ... and I've heard others suggest the same.
Most people have no concept as to just how vibrant and progressive of a city that Columbus truly is.
It must of been a different train service because BART doesn't run in San Jose. BART's last stop is in Fremont and it starts up again in Millbrae.
Oh. Oops. It's been a while. But somehow I got from SJ to SF via train. Was it possible that I made a connection? Or maybe my friends dropped me off at the nearest BART station.
I know it took me 45 minutes to an hour, so I'm not saying SJ and SF are right next door to each other. But they're not that far either, and I would still consider SJ to be close to the rest of the Bay Area.
It's funny that you would comment on Columbus sharing similarities with Sacramento ... One of the very 1st aspects I recall upon moving to Columbus, was that it "felt and looked more like a west coast or a sunbelt city"
It actually reminds me alot of Denver, too ... and I've heard others suggest the same.
Most people have no concept as to just how vibrant and progressive of a city that Columbus truly is.
Really? To me Columbus feels like a prototypical Midwest town, akin to Indianapolis, Ft. Wayne, Lima, Toledo, etc. Maybe a little less industrial than Lima and Toledo, and definitely larger, but Midwest all the same.
I haven't been to Sacramento, but I've been all up and down the west coast, and spent tons of time in Seattle, and I just don't feel any west coast in Columbus.
I think that Columbus feels and looks like several west coast and sunbelt cities because of it's progressiveness, growth and the "up and coming feel" that is prevalent throughout this city. I also find that Columbus' continued growth and expansion is far more impressive than that which is occurring in San Jose, primarily because Columbus stands alone and it continues to prosper ... without being in very close proximity to another large population center, whereas San Jose definitely owes alot of it's growth and prosperity to it's close proximity to San Francisco and the rest of the bay area.
Columbus is also impressive because it "shatters" the common illusion that cities in Ohio "never advance or exhibit any signs of prosperity", a grossly
exaggerated and "overblown misperception"
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I also find that Columbus' continued growth and expansion is far more impressive than that which is occurring in San Jose, primarily because Columbus stands alone and it continues to prosper ... without being in very close proximity to another large population center, whereas San Jose definitely owes alot of it's growth and prosperity to it's close proximity to San Francisco and the rest of the bay area.
Silicon Valley is the largest generator of growth and prosperity in the region. If anything, the rest "owes" it (a silly notion).
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They'd be in better company 
