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Once you cross the Golden Gate Bridge into Marin County, you enter into a different cultural zone that, IMO, seems to share more in common with New England than anywhere south of San Jose (white, educated, high-income, trees/greenery, etc.). As you travel northward, the similarities only increase. By the time you get to Bellingham, WA, it's to hard to believe you're on the same coast as Los Angeles or Fresno.
Dude, what?! “More famous”? “More interesting tourist destination”? What San Francisco have you been to and what Boston are you living in?
As a New Yorker, I never run-out of things to do up in Boston whereas I’m bored within 24-hours in San Francisco. And San Francisco is NOT more famous than Boston—that’s simply an idiotic statement.
The whole joke is that San Francisco doesn’t have more to offer than Boston does at all, yet San Francisco is always considered “glass half full” and Boston is usually considered “glass half empty.” It’s the same volume in each proverbial glass, yet San Francisco is so smug and Boston is so modest. I’d encourage you to be louder and prouder about what you have in Boston.
And someone who doesn’t know about food would say what you said. As I stated in an earlier post, the Michelin guides are antiquated bullsh*t and a source of much industrial controversy. I’m sorry, but I discredit any food guide that includes DC, but overlooks New Orleans, Los Angeles, and Boston—all of which have better food than DC and are unquestionably on-par with San Francisco and Chicago (New York is the only true foodie outlier in this country).
I’m getting a “ho-hum, Boston’s lame even though I choose to live here” vibe from you…
My advice: Get out of Westwood and enjoy (and be prideful about) the gorgeous city and region that you’ve chosen to live in. And don’t romanticize your San Francisco days as if they were “magical years of wonder and enchantment.” That wonder and enchantment is right outside your door.
San Francisco is absolutely more internationally famous than Boston. Outside of NYC, The Golden Gate Bridge is probably the most recognizable landmark in the US.
You saying you get bored in San Francisco within 24 hours is ridiculous and totally discredits your criticism of the other poster.
I've spent lots of time in both Boston and San Francisco, they are probably my favorite cities not named Chicago, but I've never gotten the vib Boston was a better foodie city than San Francisco.
If you want to talk about food and you don't care about Michelin Stars, Houston kicks Boston in the *** for unpretentious international food. For non "fancy" food, there are several cities that are better than Boston including but not limited to the ones you brought up (LA, NOLA, Dallas)
I'm not saying this because I don't like Boston, I love Boston, I've never had an issue with the food there, its more than good enough for me, but you need to be honest about the things you like instead of being some weird east coast homer.
Temperate climates always win the surveys and rankings on the subject. That's most peoples ideal. SF averages 2 days a year above 90 and Zero days below freezing. The Bay Area enjoys incredible variance in temps during the summer, up to 50 degrees difference in the space of a 30-mile drive, the interior is warm to hot but around the Bay is pure heaven.
Hence SF ranks 2nd in the nation as far as favorable weather in the US, just after San Diego.
The question is how many people actually know that SF and SD do not have the same climate. Like tons of people think "the north" is all the same when a place like NYC only gets like 26 inches of snow a year, but people act like it's Buffalo (98 a year)
The question is how many people actually know that SF and SD do not have the same climate. Like tons of people think "the north" is all the same when a place like NYC only gets like 26 inches of snow a year, but people act like it's Buffalo (98 a year)
I think everyone knows NorCal and SoCal have different climates.
That said, SF and SD are much closer in climate than NYC and Buffalo.
Also, I hardly ever hear anyone complain about the climate in NYC. No one acts like it is Buffalo. If anything the city gets a big pass on a lot of stuff that would appear to be deal breakers if it wasn't NYC.
San Francisco is absolutely more internationally famous than Boston. Outside of NYC, The Golden Gate Bridge is probably the most recognizable landmark in the US.
You saying you get bored in San Francisco within 24 hours is ridiculous and totally discredits your criticism of the other poster.
I've spent lots of time in both Boston and San Francisco, they are probably my favorite cities not named Chicago, but I've never gotten the vib Boston was a better foodie city than San Francisco.
If you want to talk about food and you don't care about Michelin Stars, Houston kicks Boston in the *** for unpretentious international food. For non "fancy" food, there are several cities that are better than Boston including but not limited to the ones you brought up (LA, NOLA, Dallas)
I'm not saying this because I don't like Boston, I love Boston, I've never had an issue with the food there, its more than good enough for me, but you need to be honest about the things you like instead of being some weird east coast homer.
San Francisco is very likely more internationally famous than Boston, but the Golden Gate Bridge being the most recognizable landmark in the US is really ridiculous.
San Francisco is very likely more internationally famous than Boston, but the Golden Gate Bridge being the most recognizable landmark in the US is really ridiculous.
I dont know why it's ridiculous?
The Golden Gate Bridge is known pretty much all over the world.
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Anyway the UK govt commissioned a survey to determine how Big Ben stacked up against other landmarks as far as recognizability by respondents around the world.
Rank/ Attraction/ City/ Awarness by
Respondents
1 Eiffel Tower/ Paris/ 78.96% 2 Golden Gate Bridge/ San Francisco/74.47%
3 White House/ Washington DC/ 66.47%
4 Opera House/ Sydney/ 62.95%
5 Pyramids/ Cairo/ 61.46%
6 Statue of Liberty/ New York/ 54.23%
7 Edinburgh Castle/ Edinburgh/ 53.30%
8 Red Square/ Moscow/ 51.83%
9 Cristo Redentor/ Rio de Janeiro 50.59%
10 Big Ben/ London/ 46.08%
11 Colosseum/ Rome/ 44.49%
12 CN Tower/ Toronto/ 35.53%
13 Kremlin/ Moscow/ 35.02%
14 Hollywood/ Los Angeles/ 31.69%
I think everyone knows NorCal and SoCal have different climates.
That said, SF and SD are much closer in climate than NYC and Buffalo.
Also, I hardly ever hear anyone complain about the climate in NYC. No one acts like it is Buffalo. If anything the city gets a big pass on a lot of stuff that would appear to be deal breakers if it wasn't NYC.
I think that a lot of people think that most regions have very similar weather. At least outside of their home region. People in Massachusetts/NY tend to lump from about Dallas to VA Beach to New Orleans in the "hot and humid 10 months a year' category, and California all into 1 category. However they do see a difference between Hyannis, MA and Brockton, MA, or the Northtowns and Southtowns of Buffalo.
and I would actually argue that the difference between the North and South Towns of Buffalo, or the Niagara region of Canada is probably the most stark of any flatland climate.
I never been to either, But if Someone bust through my door right now and said Hey! YOU JUST WON A TRIP to either BOSTON OR SAN FRANCISCO, Plane Leaves in 10 minutes......I would Choose San Francisco
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