San Francisco: My home city rates worst in the world.

brianlux

That's right- my dearly beloved home city (I grew up on the peninsula and lived in The City for three years) rated worst travel destination in the world. Sad but true- read all about it here:

https://www.tripping.com/blog/blog/2012 ... stination/

HaHaHa!! My sister sent this link to me- I'm guessing because it's April 1st. The truth: it's the best city in the world!

chadwick

ever been to the grateful dead house on haight ashbury?

Loulou

I got to visit San Francisco on the way back from PJ20 and I think the cable cars were cool, the bridge was really impressive and the people were friendly. My only concerns came from the homelessness. Just brought to my attention just how bloody lucky we are in Australia, not that homelessness doesn't exist here because it does but just not to that extent.
I saw a lot of tourists who didn't seem to be bothered or even telling them to 'f- off' and that made me really sad. I had a very old man who looked really skinny and very unwell who asked me for money and I felt really awful not being able to give him anything which is what I usually do over here. I was told strictly not to do it by our bus driver. :?
I guess I just felt guilty being on holidays and all while there were lots of people who were struggling but I really did enjoy the place, certainly doesn't deserve that kind of rating.

brianlux

chadwick wrote:

ever been to the grateful dead house on haight ashbury?

Probably, but I lived there in the late sixties, early seventies so I don't remember.

catefrances

brianlux wrote:

That's right- my dearly beloved home city (I grew up on the peninsula and lived in The City for three years) rated worst travel destination in the world. Sad but true- read all about it here:

https://www.tripping.com/blog/blog/2012 ... stination/

HaHaHa!! My sister sent this link to me- I'm guessing because it's April 1st. The truth: it's the best city in the world!

the truth is... youre mistaken on that.

pandora

SF rules! great memories there ... my favorite was Muir Woods, I was a hobbit for a day!

The Juggler

chadwick wrote:

ever been to the grateful dead house on haight ashbury?

do you know how to block pms?

CROJAM95

Crab


Mmmmmmmmmmmmm


Great city

Jason P

This blogger states that the Golden Gate Bridge is an eyesore????? He must be trippin'.

I spent three summers as an intern in the bay area. The city, sites, atmosphere and architecture are pretty cool. It kind of has a side-show feel to it with a lot of oddities as well. It's a great place to visit.

There are lots of homeless, I must acknowledge. I had about a 15 block walk to work each day because I didn't have enough money for transit on an intern's budget. Each day I had to face a gauntlet of homeless beggars. At first I would feel guilty and give a dollar ... then I realized I would need to start begging too if I wanted a taco at the end of the day.

Who Princess

brianlux wrote:

That's right- my dearly beloved home city (I grew up on the peninsula and lived in The City for three years) rated worst travel destination in the world. Sad but true- read all about it here:

https://www.tripping.com/blog/blog/2012 ... stination/

HaHaHa!! My sister sent this link to me- I'm guessing because it's April 1st. The truth: it's the best city in the world!

I gotta admit, that drive down Lombard Street will give you whiplash! Truly hazardous! :P

brianlux

One of the biggest thrills for me recently was having one of my oldest and best friends and her husband move to the Noe Valley area of SF. Great friends, great place! And a fantastic city to walk in. I've walked hundreds of miles all over that city and never get enough. Must go visit soon!

stargirl69

The survey was carried out outside McDonalds ... enough said

I visited San Francisco in 94 when we traveled up from Seattle,I thought it was beautiful then,can it have changed so drastically?

Jason P

I call shenanigans! You can't post a blog on 3/31/12 and claim it is April Fools! :twisted:

brianlux

Jason P wrote:

I call shenanigans! You can't post a blog on 3/31/12 and claim it is April Fools! :twisted:

It's a joke. My sister sent it to me and we had a great laugh. It was obviously just posted for fun- like something you might see in The Onion. My guess is the blogger loves the city just as much as my sister and I do. Only someone who loves the place could make up such a post. Read the article again- it's funny as hell and the photos are great- they show what a beautiful place the city is.

chadwick

never drove across the golden gate bridge but used the other bridge down the way. i believe it is a multilevel bridge. about 5 years ago they were erecting a new bridge right next to this bridge i am speaking of. those ironworkers are insane.

anyhow, san fran and me tangled a bit back in my driving days. that damn oakland got me everytime. as in, oh shit i am lost, took the wrong exit but had no choice as the signs said me and my large truck had to exit the freeway this instant.

oakland has more liquor stores and bars over residences' windows than anywhere else i have been. called my boss who was in san fran @ fisherman's wharf waiting on me, told eem, dude i had to exit the freeway and now im fuckered up in oakland...."get the fuck out of there, chadwick! they just found a body in a suitcase the other day"

driving a 18 wheelers in and through traffic in san fran is a bizarre experience. what really makes driving a big truck difficult in places like san fran is all the construction and tight fitting places. everything is small and crammed together....congratulations i have a 53 ft trailer and a extra large freightliner tractor i'm gonna cram up your fanny here in about 13 seconds... i blocked more traffic in san fran than i can shake a stick at

well done city engineers and modern day huge ass commercial vehicales. friggin nightmare

chiquimonkey

Funny article! SF truly is gorgeous, I feel so lucky to live so close by. Amazingly there are people out there who have a disdain for California in general which I can never understand. I figure they've either never been here, or are just plain jealous

MotoDC

I'm headed there (and napa) for a mini-vacation in about a week -- can't wait! Won't have nearly as much time in SF as we'd need to truly take it all in, but we'll have to make do.

chadwick

chiquimonkey wrote:

Funny article! SF truly is gorgeous, I feel so lucky to live so close by. Amazingly there are people out there who have a disdain for California in general which I can never understand. I figure they've either never been here, or are just plain jealous

edit :twisted:

brianlux

chadwick wrote:

never drove across the golden gate bridge but used the other bridge down the way. i believe it is a multilevel bridge. about 5 years ago they were erecting a new bridge right next to this bridge i am speaking of. those ironworkers are insane.

That's The Bay Bridge, Chadwick. That bridge can be a scary monster (lots of traffic, a few harry curves and it's the one that had a section collapse in the '89 quake) but the view heading into the city west from Oakland is awesome. Once upon a time one deck was used for trains, one for cars. Despite it's faults it's a grand old bridge with a lot of history.