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Of all the threads where we should be looking at pics this would be it.
Telegraph Hill in SF, the Bay and Marin County in the background.
From this vantage point, downtown looks like it's on top of a hill...
The view from Grizzly Peak in Oakland, looks like dawn.
The Bay Bridge as it tunnels through TI(Treasure Island) with The City looming behind...
I've been to San Francisco multiple times. Don't get me wrong, San Francisco is a nice city, but most of it is because of the BUILT environment, not the natural environment.
The Golden Gate would not be nearly as scenic if it weren't for an architectural masterpiece that is the Golden Gate Bridge.
Telegraph Hill would be hum-ho if not for Coit Tower.
Treasure Island would be nothing special if it wasn't for the Oakland Bay Bridge.
The view across the bay to SF would be nothing noteworthy if it weren't for all those shiny skyscrapers.
Sure the Bay Area has areas with redwood forests and oak groves, but I see too many brown hillsides. Give me a flat, forrested area over brown hillsides any day.
On the other hand, there's the Gulf Coast, like New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, for instance. Even with all the ugly, haphazard sprawl and redneck development on the Northshore (St. Tammany Parish), the place still looks amazing. Those bayous, pine forests, barrier islands, cypress swamps all speak for themselves and impress--no fancy bridges or shiny skyscrapers necessary.
SF is beautiful for its built, not natural environment.
The Gulf Coast may not have the best built environment, but it trumps SF in its natural environment.
I've been to San Francisco multiple times. Don't get me wrong, San Francisco is a nice city, but most of it is because of the BUILT environment, not the natural environment.
The Golden Gate would not be nearly as scenic if it weren't for an architectural masterpiece that is the Golden Gate Bridge.
Telegraph Hill would be hum-ho if not for Coit Tower.
Treasure Island would be nothing special if it wasn't for the Oakland Bay Bridge.
The view across the bay to SF would be nothing noteworthy if it weren't for all those shiny skyscrapers.
Sure the Bay Area has areas with redwood forests and oak groves, but I see too many brown hillsides. Give me a flat, forrested area over brown hillsides any day.
On the other hand, there's the Gulf Coast, like New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, for instance. Even with all the ugly, haphazard sprawl and redneck development on the Northshore (St. Tammany Parish), the place still looks amazing. Those bayous, pine forests, barrier islands, cypress swamps all speak for themselves and impress--no fancy bridges or shiny skyscrapers necessary.
SF is beautiful for its built, not natural environment.
The Gulf Coast may not have the best built environment, but it trumps SF in its natural environment.
The Marin and San Mateo County coastlines are very beautiful and there is not much development overall along them.
The Buffalo region isn't too bad, 2 great lakes, Niagara Falls and the river gorge, Appalachian foothills, massive gorges like Letchworth and Zoar Valley, the finger lakes. But the immediate city setting isn't too spectacular. The lakefront is nice, but otherwise the city and immediate suburbs are flat.
For second place in this poll, there could be quite a number of defensible choices --
San Diego, LA, San Francisco, Portland, Salt Lake City, Colorado Springs, etc.
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Seattle. Then San Francisco.
West Coast really dominates this list, followed closely by the Mountain West.
Salt Lake City is the most beautiful in the Mountain West.
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