Posted on 05/22/2014 8:29:14 AM PDT by Kaslin
That part of Lombard street has been closed before.
Ah, San Francisco, the city I detest. Every time I had to go there the very first thing I wanted to do was leave.
Clever, funny article, thanks for posting.
Reminds me of my 10 years in that city — I started turning up my nose at tourists who arrived in summer clothes in June. How gauche. WE didn’t wear shorts and, heaven forbid, WHITE shoes.
Actually, it was too COLD and DAMP for shorts of any color.
Actually, I’m pretty impressed that a communist city like San Francisco would have a higher regard for property owners and local taxpayers than they would for gawkers.
The smug is thick in SF
We had it down to -22F this winter. I'm thinking you folks in SF lack perspective because we're in shorts well into the 40's.
I seem to remember that there is a younger set there that took pride in wearing shorts year round. They'd have hoodies for the cold, but damned if they were gonna get caught wearing long pants out in the cold damp fog.
Back in 1961 folks and I sailed under the GG Bridge after several years stationed overseas. SF looked damned good to me.
I’d like to see all the tourist just go home and stay home...Everyone bitches about CA, yet the out-of-staters make a never ending conga-line to come here.
And I just watched this Milton Friedman interview yesterday. It is related.
Do Gooders Who Do Harm.
“I started turning up my nose at tourists who arrived in summer clothes in June. How gauche.”
This is why so many Americans can imagine without qualms this Painted Lady called San Francisco some day sliding off into the sea.
The one and only time I ever visited SF—wearing `tourist clothing’—I got the distinct impression natives were looking down their noses at me.
It was a human zoo, something like Paris but with more bizarre natives. Never went back. ;^)
`Frisco’
The miners came in `49,
The whores in `51.
They rolled around,
Upon the floor,
And made the native son.
Well of course, were individuals, not clones and that is as it should be. I speak only for myself, and understand that we all have different tastes and preferences, that is why I refrained from making any other derogatory comments. I am quite aware of the beautiful and cultural aspects of the city, but for me it is not.
“Id like to see all the tourist just go home and stay home”
Deal. Just keep all your homeless beggars out there, K? Thank you.
Well I am a California native and also get tired of the carp from out of staters, but in all fairness they are not always wrong and I sometimes agree with them. The problem is that they are blind to the issues in their own states. But I guess we all tend to have that blind spot.
It is indeed a unique place on the west coast, and easily the most beautiful city in California. There is always an electric atmosphere; a sense of character and vitality.
Lived there for half a year several decades ago. Kinda liked the mix of cosmopolitan and funky. The cost of living — not so much.
Oh sure...There are no beggers in on the east coast or Virginia. Sure buddy.
I wonder what would happen if we rebranded illegals as “tourists”...
‘Actually, it was too COLD and DAMP for shorts.....’
Really? It is 58deg and sunny in C-Town today. We have had exactly 0 days above 80 and only a handful above 70 all year.
It has gotten so cold the last several years that I have taken to dressing based on the calendar. Once it is April 1, I wear shorts. If I waited until it got warm enough I would have to break out the parkas again. Damn Global Climate Disruption.
AS for SFO I have been there several times for both business and travel. I actually asked my wife to marry me in Muir Woods.
However, as beautiful as the city is. I found it to be somewhat dirty, had too much graffiti, and way too many aggressive homeless people.
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