Posted on 07/03/2013 4:24:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
It's official: we can no longer ride on the flowery coattails of our hippie past. San Francisco is now America's snobbiest city, according to an article by Travel & Leisure ranking the Bay's upper-crustiness above New York, Boston and the "exceptionally tidy" residents of Minneapolis. Seriously?
Well, we guess we saw it coming through the lenses of our Google glasses. Here are some other reasons we've reached the crème de la crème of American egotism:
- We're the second most expensive city to live in, behind Manhattan. That's absurd. When a single studio apartment in SOMA costs $1300 a month without a bathroom, you have to ask yourself if all the positive reinforcement on your new sundress from the homeless guy on your street corner is really worth it. And then hyperventilate when you start looking at costlier digs.
- We avoid tourist spots like the zombie apocalypse. Despite the fact that S.F. is full of legitimately fun places like Fisherman's Wharf and certain historical landmarks, most locals shrink from participating in the fun as soon as the souvenir carts start rolling in. On the bright side of snobbiness, that makes our local cultural hotspots all the hotter -- just take a look at:
- Our boutiques and restaurants. Travel & Leisure also lists us as the fourth best city for independent boutiques and fifth for fine dining establishments (although we're crazy snobby about pretty much everything food-related). Unfortunately, if you look up the "Free Attractions" list you'll find us at a measly number 14.
- We have a booming specialty scent business, and its name is an esoteric pun: "Cognoscenti," a heady blend of the term for "expert" and the smell-related one, obviously. The associates must be a little snub-nosed after so much time sniffing at imperfect customers and scent combos alike.
If you're still curious about the snobbiness of S.F., here's the list proclaiming us number one. Bring your own monocle.
And you have reason to be!
;)
“Interesting that gays and lesbians are obviously so snobby.”
My mother would say this is from feeling insecure. Took me a lifetime to understand sometimes insecurity comes from knowing you are doing the wrong thing. Living the wrong way.
Boston is actually one of my favorite cities. Handsome streets, crooked little men, great restaurants.
There fixed it.
Actually, I love Boston, been there several times. Since they finished the Big Dig it is even better.
Probably most diseased too.
SMUG
LIBERAL, I SMELL MY FARTS THEY’RE SO GOOD, SMUG
south park had a great episode on this. the hybrid car/smug episode. digs in on clooney and hollywood smug hypocrites too.
and just this week the report that hybrid cars do zero to help greenhouse gas emissions.
that is a great episode. damn if they are not dead on in that one.
yeah but you guys are just constantly pissed off about something or other. :-)
Yeah, the ‘SMUG’ from George Clooney’s acceptance speech was a great catch for Trey and Matt.
you substituted “people” for “a$$holes” in SOMA. you are a nice person!
the big one where everyone has to surf to denver?
it’s pronounced “laabstah” (where the laab is like saab)
it’s its own little smug cloud...
As a former (native) Angleno, I find that comment hilarious. We Angelenos rarely ever spoke of San Francisco. When we did, it was usually in the context of tourism or homos.
Funny that the snobs have so much attention on us, when we hardly ever think of them.
Not me. I'm a native Californio, born in NorCal, and I can't stand San Francisco. Every time I'm there, I feel like I'm being mentally suffocated. I get a huge rush every time I leave that place.
Oakland Raiders vs. SF 49ers.
Yea tell me about it. Is there any other city that has to pass a law to wear clothes in a restaurant? Very classy!
You get the worst of both worlds here in Red Hampshire...snobs from BOTH #2 New Yuck and Massholes from #3. RH is an absolute hellhole.
There is a fine line between “smug” and “pissed off”. Now, we could start with a skate in the crease....
It's a SF Thing.
We probably wouldn't understand.
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