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Actually I leaned GB because the 49ers play in San Francisco, and San Francisco is .... Well San Francisco

The 49ers have likely played their last game in San Francisco. The team is based in Santa Clara, about 50 miles south of San Francisco and right in the heart of Silicon Valley. The team headquarters and practice facilities are in Santa Clara. And starting next season, the 49ers will play their home games in a brand new stadium in Santa Clara. It makes sense - most of the season ticket holders live well to the south of San Francisco - that's been the case for decades.

Santa Clara and Silicon Valley aren't exactly a different world from San Francisco, but they're not the same, either - Santa Clara is a quiet suburb full of single-family homes technology companies. No homeless people screaming or urinating or defecating on the streets, no parades you couldn't take your children to. The 49ers will continue to keep SF in their name and on their helmets, but that's about it.