Mikey, I'm not arguing that the South Bay is less populous. I am arguing that most of the people I've known locally (all over the Bay Area, not just SF) know where SF is and know where the towns immediately surrounding them are, and don't know much beyond that.

I'm not saying that SF is the biggest, or the very best, or that the South Bay is shite. I'm saying that SF is immediately recognizable and possibly more easily findable to a larger number of locals than many other locations.

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SF is also the easiest city to find when playing Microsoft Flight Simulator.

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In Kansas, "The City" is Emerald City.

We don't have a The City. We have Town, which is Kansas City, or maybe Wichita if you live in south central Kansas.

Somehow I don't think that people in San Francisco talking about the City are talking about New York. Sorry, folks. I like New York and all, but I'm not believing it's got the rights to the term.

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"The City" is San Francisco, as is clearly demonstrated by "Tales of The City".

To Sherlock Holmes, it is always The City.

[edit:] For what it's worth, I live halfway down the Peninsula in San Carlos, and I travel up to the city much, much more often than down to San Jose or across the Bay to Berkeley and Oakland.

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No Cleveland screening. Sigh.

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Is Rice-A-Roni still the San Francisco treat?

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For what it's worth, I live halfway down the Peninsula in San Carlos, and I travel up to the city much, much more often than down to San Jose or across the Bay to Berkeley and Oakland.

That's because San Jose is such a wasteland. (Actually, Redwood City has a great concert venue: the Little Fox Theatre.) There's less to distract people from going to see Serenity.

Oh, Sex and the ____?

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Actually, I go down to San Jose for theater a couple of times a year.

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Shhh! Don't mention the Grand Prix, and please, please, please don't mention Cinequest.

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No, theater theater. Live people. Singing.

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