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Originally Posted by hruski
And your point is?
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I thought my point was pretty obvious. This is my point: what that guy said is dumb.
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Originally Posted by wakamesalad
Oh God,
Anytime I hear the "but we're San Francisco and we're so awesome and loved.. Right?? Right??" It reeks of inferiority complex and insecurity. I don't hear this from any other place but SF, and it is muy obnoxioso.
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Well...we
are loved and considered awesome by quite a few people. Are you debating that? Just because someone mentions that SF is "awesome and loved" doesn't mean they're simultaneously denying that anyone dislikes this place. A ton of people also hate SF to some degree or are indifferent to it, and i think most people realize that unless they've been living under a rock. And it's hilarious that you think no one feels that other cities are "awesome and loved".
As for inferiority complexes...I don't have one for the most part, I love this place. I'm probably closer to having a superiority complex when it comes to most aspects of the Bay Area/SF. But I do get kind of jealous when I see that unlike SF, that many other cities don't allow NIMBYs to have such a strong say in what gets done, and consequently get more stuff built and have an adequate hosing supply and less insane housing prices (and because I'm a nerd who thinks high rises are cool), not to mention more varied/innovative modern architecture. Also, I get jealous that some cities have proper metro systems but SF doesn't