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Originally Posted by Crawford
It isn't, though. SF isn't even in the Top 5 U.S. economies. Downtown SF probably has half the jobs of downtown DC or Chicago. And it's the San Jose MSA, not the SF MSA, driving the growth.
The Bay Area has a huge, wealthy economy, but SF isn't the primary source of said wealth, so it's inaccurate to link the wealth to SF (city's) characteristics. It would be like saying "Geez, the NY metro economy is so huge, but why is that so when Long Island is mostly just bedroom communities with few job hubs". LI isn't driving the wealth.
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15 or 20 years ago, SF was a bedroom community for Silicon Valley. But now the action has moved back to the city itself. Most of the new interesting startups are there. Silicon Valley is considered a pretty lame place to start something these days.
I understand your point that SF is just a small part of the Bay Area in terms of economic output or population. Nevertheless, if you're flying in from Paris or Shanghai, into the Bay Area, it might feel weird that such a small looking and quiet place is as globally important as it is.