I go up to San Francisco every now and then, less that I would like, and everytime I come home I wish I was back again. This past Thanksgiving, I was in the bay area for three days and my only brush with the city was a quick drive down Lombard and Van Ness at 9 PM on Saturday night.
I love rolling past the Civic Center and that Opera House thing. I love the lights, the hustle, the people, the history, everything. In fact, I think that San Francisco is the most photogenic American city. There is so much to see and hear and do and enjoy about the city. When I travel, I never want to feel like a tourist; I like the locals bars, I don..t need to see and do all the attractions and over priced elevator rides, except in San Francisco, I always feel like a tourist and I don..t care.
It doesn't hurt that San Francisco embodies so much of what I appreciate about American culture- the thriving literary scene; citizens' love for public art displays; people doing what they want, when and how they want to; not to mention that San Francisco has such progressive thinking in it's city planning, political views and treatment of it's denizens.
My friend Kristy(bonafide Teacher-of-the-Year nominee) teaches at some fancy-pantsy academy in the city. She's a rocker and a writer and she belongs in San Francisco. Long Beach is similar in some ways to San Francisco, but it's definitely not the same.
Los Angeles is my home town, and as much as it's hard to not imagine myself living somewhere else, I think it would be San Francisco if I had to move away. I will always come back to Los Angeles, but I think my heart and mind will always reside in a San Francisco state of mind.
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