>>I think this would have been better if they broke it down by state and region. San Francisco may be very influential out west, but, down here, other than rice-a-roni, I can’t really say how San Francisco influences my daily life. There are about 150 metro areas that dictate our nation’s life, and they didn’t even come close to touching on that.<<
The Bay Area is the source of much of the corporate and technical innovation in this country.
There is more than one “bay area”. And yes, I am aware of all of that, but that’s just because where that happened to located. You know, alot of technical innovation comes out of the Triangle area and Huntsville too. San Francisco is definitely a regional center, but the Triangle had something to do with the tech boom too, as did Huntsville.
And that’s the whole point, this country is too big to just pick out 10 cities and say, these are the big enchiladas. California is an important financial center, but so is Charlotte. I’m saying that there are places that contribute alot to this country, but they never get recognition because people always fawn over places like San Francisco.