Battle of the Saints: San Francisco, San Diego, San Antonio, Saint Louis, Saint Paul, Saint Petersburg (cost, crime)

[BillyH]

I have cousins in Rochester and Sherman as well as in town and was related to the man who once owned the old Lincoln era house stuck in the middle of the street the Maisenbacher house what a fiasco.

[Central Illinois 1]

Originally Posted by BillyH

I have cousins in Rochester and Sherman as well as in town and was related to the man who once owned the old Lincoln era house stuck in the middle of the street the Maisenbacher house what a fiasco.

Oh yeah. That was a fiasco.

[18Montclair]

OP, That's not where San Diego's name comes from.

According to the San Diego Historical Society, Sebastian Vizcaino arrived in San Diego in November 1602 after sailing from Acapulco the previous May. It took his fleet six months to reach San Diego's bay.

San Diego was the name of Vizcaino's flagship (he had four ships, but only three made it to San Diego). He declared the area to be named San Diego, both in honor of his ship and for the feast of San Diego de Alcala (a Spanish Franciscan) which occurred on November 12.



http://sandiego.about.com/cs/visitor...dyk_sdname.htm

[MilesBloodAxe]

And Fran if I had to choose one. I enjoy San Jose for its Asian culture and its close.

SD is cool to visit but not a place I would want to live.

[jman650]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

OP, That's not where San Diego's name comes from.

According to the San Diego Historical Society, Sebastian Vizcaino arrived in San Diego in November 1602 after sailing from Acapulco the previous May. It took his fleet six months to reach San Diego's bay.

San Diego was the name of Vizcaino's flagship (he had four ships, but only three made it to San Diego). He declared the area to be named San Diego, both in honor of his ship and for the feast of San Diego de Alcala (a Spanish Franciscan) which occurred on November 12.



Did you know San Diego's name?

I thought no one really knew where the name originated, but it somehow translated to whale's vagina. "Sandiago," I believe was the original term. Was Ron Burgandy mistaken?

[rah]

Originally Posted by jman650

I thought no one really knew where the name originated, but it somehow translated to whale's vagina. "Sandiago," I believe was the original term. Was Ron Burgandy mistaken?

lmao...jman, don't you know that Ron Burgundy is never wrong?



Anyways, my own bias aside, I still think SF wins. San Diego comes in a close second, I like San Jose quite a bit, St. Louis, St. Paul and San Antonio all look pretty nice in their own ways to me...but SF offers more than any of those places. Plus it borders Oakland which is another of my favorite cities. You basically get two for one with SF...with SJ as the not too distant completion of a really nice trifecta.

[nycricanpapi]

San Francisco.

[MN55]

I have lived in St. Paul my whole life so obviously I am going to give it the nod. The downtown sucks, I agree, but the neighborhoods (Highland Park, Mac-Groveland, Summit Ave, Merrian Park, etc) are extremelly nice, especially in the west half of the city between dwtn St. Paul and dwtn Minneapolis.

[SweethomeSanAntonio]

I thought i would revive this thread.

[MikeG2011]

San Francisco