Why do some people say that SF is provincial?

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by Tallysmom

I'm originally from Pittsburgh PA, and there the provinciality is -- if you have to cross a bridge to get there (and there are TONS of bridges) you don't go. And the people on City Data board think it's odd, too.

I don't know -- while we don't shun going to SF, we don't look for it much either. But we go all over the place for breakfast, but even we have places we don't go -- we never go to Berkeley anymore. Aside from the horrible driving experiences, the places we loved have disappeared or changed, or we've changed... and out grew them.

We very very very rarely go to the cities on Rte 80 corridor.

And there's enough here our wedge of the bay area to keep us busy.

Like next month heading back to Livermore to buy fabric for another baby blanket and thrifting!

Makes sense to me. San Francisco bay is about 71 miles long. People seeming going to "experience"'other areas just for the hell of it or to make others who don't understand feel better. The two main arteries going north and south, 101 and 880 are a freaking nightmare! Just comuting here can get expensive so if you have everything you need within 10 miles, traveling out of that area seems almost idiotic. Because I work for a tech company, sometimes I have to go to the south bay. Don't enjoy those trips at all and it uses almost a full tank of gas. When you live in the Oakland/Berkeley area, SF is all you need otherwise. There's no logical reason to go to San Rafael, Redwood City or even Fremont most of the time.