Largest presence in the media: San Francisco, Chicago, Miami (cost, market, size)
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SF over the years has had a stronger cultural influence than Chicago--Kerouac and the beatniks of the 50's, the hippie and protest movements of the 60s and 70s, the gay rights movement, hip-hop artists like 2pac (who represented the bay for the vast majority of his career), etc...There just seems to be more cultural trends stemming from the Bay Area than Chicago, and this certainly is reflected in the media.
SF over the years has had a stronger cultural influence than Chicago--Kerouac and the beatniks of the 50's, the hippie and protest movements of the 60s and 70s, the gay rights movement, hip-hop artists like 2pac (who represented the bay for the vast majority of his career), etc...There just seems to be more cultural trends stemming from the Bay Area than Chicago, and this certainly is reflected in the media.
My thoughts exactly, regardless of which city is actually more culturally influential, SF culture gets more attention.
My list:
1. San Francisco
2. Chicago
3. Miami - too specialized. Most of its attention comes from popular culture (So. Beach nightlife, beaches, mansions, TV shows, etc.) whereas I think SF and Chicago are more well-rounded.
Not sure I even agree that you just listed the top five here. D.C. comes before LA, Chi, Mia, and SF combined and Boston has arguably a top media presence as well.
Boston is simply not as present in popular culture as either SF or Miami and is less talked about than Chicago for sure.
Boston is simply not as present in popular culture as either SF or Miami and is less talked about than Chicago for sure.
Your thread title confused me. When I think of media, and it's strictest definition btw, I think of the national and the cable news networks. BOS is one of the nation's centers for political and intellectual thought and as such is well represented in the media via political and intellectual discourse on the day's topics.
Frankly, in that context, neither MIA nor SF is in the top 5.
SF over the years has had a stronger cultural influence than Chicago--
This is highly debatable. Following the release of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, the US government was prompted to establish the Food and Drug Administration. The 8 hour work day can be attributed to the Chicago Labor Movement. Schaumberg based Motorola invented the very first hand-held mobile phone back in 1973. There are others but these are things that you can see at work in your everyday life.
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Kerouac and the beatniks of the 50's, the hippie and protest movements of the 60s and 70s,
The beatnik/hipster/hippie movement began in NYC and eventually moved to SF/Berkley shortly afterward.
A better documented group is Henry Gerber’s Society for Human Rights (formed in Chicago in 1924), which was quickly suppressed. Serving as an enlisted man in occupied Germany after World War I, Gerber had learned of Magnus Hirschfeld’s pioneering work. Upon returning to the U.S. and settling in Chicago, Gerber organized the first documented public homosexual organization in America and published two issues of the first gay publication, entitled Friendship and Freedom.
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hip-hop artists like 2pac (who represented the bay for the vast majority of his career), etc..."
As an avid hip-hop listener and as someone who owns every 2Pac album released when he was alive, I must take issue with this assertion. 2Pac never represented any city in his music, that is until he signed with Death Row and started screaming "Westsiiiide" on everything. He was born in NYC, grew up in Baltimore, and lived in Oakland and Marin City in the early part of his career, but he never rapped about where he was from, he only mentioned being from the Bay in interviews.
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There just seems to be more cultural trends stemming from the Bay Area than Chicago, and this certainly is reflected in the media.
That's only because you're from the West Coast and don't want to acknowledge anything Chicago has contributed to society.
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Your thread title confused me. When I think of media, and it's strictest definition btw, I think of the national and the cable news networks. BOS is one of the nation's centers for political and intellectual thought and as such is well represented in the media via political and intellectual discourse on the day's topics.
Frankly, in that context, neither MIA nor SF is in the top 5.
In that context, SF is absolutely in the top 5. I see SF's skyline pasted on the background of CNN all the time. It is one of, if not the, center for liberal dialogue in the country.
Why exactly do you think Boston would be in the top 5, but not SF?
Boston gets overshadowed by New York a lot though, I really don't see the importance in Boston. If you also want to add in other parts of the media such as tv shows and movies etc. Boston wouldn't beat Miami, probably not even San Francisco as well.
In that context, SF is absolutely in the top 5. I see SF's skyline pasted on the background of CNN all the time. It is one of, if not the, center for liberal dialogue in the country.
Why exactly do you think Boston would be in the top 5, but not SF?
Yes and in that context, almost completely out of touch with America. The only time I see the TA building and the Bay Bridge pasted in the background is when the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence invades another Catholic Church, or The Mayor enacts a no meat day, or the city votes to boycott a state.
Boston gets overshadowed by New York a lot though, I really don't see the importance in Boston. If you also want to add in other parts of the media such as tv shows and movies etc. Boston wouldn't beat Miami, probably not even San Francisco as well.
Beyond being on the front line of murder, drugs, and runaway illegal immigration, I don't see the importance in Miami.
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