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.
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.
“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.
‘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.
When I called she was laying on the tile floor with a wet clothe on her forehead.
She said people were not sure how to handle it.
An anomaly for sure.
I love the City. Used to go all the time when we lived in SF. Even the weekend after Thanksgiving.
Last few visits I was surprised by the aggressiveness of the hoe less especially in civic center park and on Mission and market.
The sanctuary stuff got to me when the family was shot and the mayor (who wants to be governor) was blasé about it.
But it is a great city and beautiful in many spots.