There are many nicknames for the city of San Francisco, including “The City.” There is “415” – the area code, “San Fran” – (don’t use this one), “Fog City” – self-explanatory, “Golden Gate City” – for the bridge, and even “Baghdad by the Bay” – with reference to the cosmopolitan nature of the population, much like that of pre-war Baghdad. Lately, The City has suffered from a bad rap, the result of outrageously expensive real estate, a vast disparity of income, a large homeless population and a snarled traffic problem. But The City remains high on my list of……
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