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SFC (San Francisco City) Sunset City; The City – used by native San Franciscans and people in the Bay Area [1] The City by the Bay – refers to San Francisco Bay [12] The City of Love – as seen in Cool, Gray City of Love by Gary Kamiya [13] and in the lyrics of "San Francisco" by German eurodance group Cascada [14] The City that Knows How [15]
The San Francisco Planning Department officially identifies 36 neighborhoods. Within these 36 official neighborhoods are a large number of minor districts, some of which are historical, and some of which are overlapping. [citation needed] Some of San Francisco's neighborhoods are also officially designated as "cultural districts". [citation needed]
Despite its sprawl, Metropolitan Los Angeles is the densest major urban area (over 1,000,000 population) in the US, being denser than the New York urban area and the San Francisco urban area. [27] [28] [29] Most of metropolitan Los Angeles is built at more uniform low to moderate density, leading to a much higher overall density for the entire ...
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The area was the scene of escalating drug violence in 2007, including brazen daylight shootings, as local gangs from San Francisco, and others from around the Bay Area battle for turf. [ 29 ] 14 of the city's 98 homicides took place in the area in 2007. [ 30 ]
The San Francisco Bay Area is the tenth-largest television market [273] and the fourth-largest radio market [274] in the U.S. The Bay Area's oldest radio station, KCBS (AM), began as an experimental station in San Jose in 1909, before the beginning of commercial broadcasting. [275]
A music video to accompany the release of "Save Me, San Francisco" was first released onto YouTube on April 29, 2011, at a total length of four minutes and 17 seconds. [1] The plot of the music video is an allusion to 1967 California classic The Graduate. Like in the film, the male protagonist (played by Pat) is uninvited and late to the ...
Fort Point by the Golden Gate Bridge where Hitchcock's Vertigo was filmed [1]. Depictions of San Francisco in popular culture can be found in many different media. San Francisco is frequently used with its iconic landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz and cable cars; [2] social change of the Asian immigration, Summer of Love and the economic California Dream of the Gold Rush and ...