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The endless weighing-in by people who have no perception of what LA is really like about how it's fake, everyone's a wannabe celebrity, everyone's rich, everyone's poor, there's no nature for a hundred miles in any direction, the crime is too much, the taxes are too high, etc etc etc... all are just plain dumb. Absolutely dumb.
SF gets similar grief, just add in stuff about how everyone is gay, no one is welcome there unless they're gay or a minority, liberal nanny-state big-brother government interfering with every aspect of your life, etc.
SF gets similar grief, just add in stuff about how everyone is gay, no one is welcome there unless they're gay or a minority, liberal nanny-state big-brother government interfering with every aspect of your life, etc.
This. But SF gets stereotyped in many other ways as well. People who have never been west of the Mississippi are convinced that SF has no real crime and has no ghetto areas. According to these people, all the crime, ghettos and bad stuff in the Bay Area is centered in Oakland and nowhere else. Some people actually think SF is one of the safest cities in America, period, because the ugly side of SF is not publicized in the media because SF is the number one tourist city in America and often ranks above NYC and most visit cities lists. SF, as a whole, is neither among the safest or most dangerous cities in America by any means. SF is middle of the pack in terms of crime and safety much like NYC, LA and DC; although SF is statistically less safe than the former two. But you will have uneducated people argue that L.A. is much worse than SF on the basis of what they saw in early 90's L.A. based hood movies and rap videos on VH1. But surprisingly to many, the worst parts of SF are worse than the bad parts of most big cities. Places like Hunter's Point are a testament to this. This is the reason why many visitors are absolutely shocked of how "grimey" SF is even downtown in seedy areas like the Tenderloin. People also believe that SF is one hundred percent White and Asian. It is undeniable that SF used to be much more racially and economically diverse in the 70's, 80's and early 90's before the tech-boom and warp-speed gentrification. Truth be told, SF has some of the most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in the country in the poorly publicized southern half of the city. It is incredibly strange that thousands of people who have never been to SF will be the ones who will argue endlessly with you that all of these SF stereotypes are 100% true. Nothing is more unsinkable than all-American ignorance.
Last edited by goldenchild08; 04-23-2012 at 10:18 PM..
I don't think any city is stereotyped as much as Washington DC is with the federal government. That's all people think goes on in this city. There is so much more going on in DC than the federal government. Pretty sad most people think that is all DC is.
It is undeniable that SF used to be much more racially and economically diverse in the 70's, 80's and early 90's before the tech-boom and warp-speed gentrification.
SF was NOT more racially diverse in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. It had more white and more black people back then, but fewer Asians and Latino people. SF reached it's peak diversity level in the year 2000, and currently is almost exactly the same in terms of overall diversity (though the proportions have continued changing of course, with the black and white populations still shrinking, and the asian and latino populations still rising).
I would agree that SF was much more economically diverse in the 70s-90s though. And I pretty much agree with the rest of your post too.
Yeah, the private consulting firms that piggyback their work from the Feds.
See, you have just crowned DC the most stereotyped city in the nation. You're not even being sarcastic though because most people on this board share your same view. DC pretty much wins this thread.
Detroit-sterotyped to be the worst, poorest, most depressing major city in America.
LA-sits on a pedestal, a lot of people believe its a haven and easy to get by there, and that there isn't many poor residents.
SanFran-sterotyped as the gay city
Baltimore-another Detroit situation
People seem to believe everyone in Boston is a Harvard-Elitist who lives in a posh neighboor hood and wouldn't give anyone who didn't attend an ivy league the time of day.
And others think everyone is a hoodlum who has never left the neighboorhood and wouldn't give anyone from outside their Block the time of day.
1. Boring
2. Dead
3. Full of rednecks
4. Racist
5. Bible thumpers
6. Fake people
7. People who flaunt their wealth
8. Treeless
9. Cowboys and horses
10. Not diverse
11. No public transportation / everyone drives cars
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