# What to do on our San Fran holiday

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-on-our-san-fran-holiday/463966>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 17, 2008, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-on-our-san-fran-holiday/463966 "2008-09-17T09:26:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zhen\_ka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecccb3/32.png) [@Zhen\_ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zhen_ka)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-on-our-san-fran-holiday/463966/21 "2008-09-21T05:05:40Z")

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> [@UncaStuart](#):
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> My maternal grandmother, born in the 1890s, called it “The City.” Her granddad arrived in San Francisco in the early 1850s. My paternal grandparents, born in San Jose in the 1890s had no trouble calling it “The City” as well. In the 60 years since I was born in San Jose, San Francisco has always been “The City” to me and my sibs. Sure, it is a historical carryover from when it was the only significant metropolis for a thousand miles, but I think that makes it more quaint than pretentious.
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> What next, people denying the legitimacy of Emperor Norton’s reign? 😉

What’s next? People calling London “town?”

ps. To silenus and DrDeth: Personally, I find these types of threads really helpful. When I have traveled, having suggestions from other Dopers really made a difference in the places I chose to visit. So, your comments are not helpful and I would gladly be banned for “junior modding” for mentioning it. Just something to keep in mind.

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