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19th May '13 11:41:10 PM Cyberpunk1989

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Stereotypical portrayals set in the 19th century will generally either center on the Gold Rush or with San Francisco portrayed as the "New York of the West". Those in the early 20th century tend to show it as a blue-collar port town, perhaps with a major [[YanksWithTanks US Navy]] presence, and still the largest city on the West Coast. The '50s characterization trends towards {{beatnik}} stereotypes and will be set in North Beach, while the '60s shifts that to [[NewAgeRetroHippie hippies in Haight-Ashbury]]. If set in the '70s or '80s, tropes will tend to focus on either the homosexual population, inner-city crime, or, at the latter end of the spectrum, the AIDS crisis. The mid-to-late '90s is likely to be dominated by the dot-com boom. Stories with Chinese-American protagonists will most likely be set here as well; as the city has long been a hub of Chinese culture in the West.[[note]]Over 20% of the population is of Chinese descent, and the city's Chinatown is the oldest and most well-known in America, and was the largest for many years before being surpassed by New York's.[[/note]]

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Stereotypical portrayals set in the 19th century will generally either center on the Gold Rush or with San Francisco portrayed as the "New York of the West". Those in the early 20th century tend to show it as a blue-collar port town, perhaps with a major [[YanksWithTanks US Navy]] presence, and still the largest city on the West Coast. The '50s characterization trends towards {{beatnik}} stereotypes and will be set in North Beach, while the '60s shifts that to [[NewAgeRetroHippie hippies in Haight-Ashbury]]. If set in the '70s or '80s, tropes will tend to focus on either the homosexual population, inner-city crime, or, at the latter end of the spectrum, the AIDS crisis. The mid-to-late '90s is likely to be dominated by the dot-com boom. Stories with Chinese-American protagonists will most likely be set here as well; as the city has long been a hub of Chinese culture in the West.[[note]]Over 20% of the population is of Chinese descent, and the city's Chinatown is the oldest and most well-known in America, and was the largest by population for many years before being surpassed by New York's.[[/note]]

19th May '13 11:40:28 PM Cyberpunk1989

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19th May '13 11:39:38 PM Cyberpunk1989

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19th May '13 11:38:29 PM Cyberpunk1989

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9th May '13 7:41:24 AM TheRedRedKroovy

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In addition to car chases, San Francisco is known for its countercultural roots (the {{Beatnik}} movement and [[NewAgeRetroHippie hippiedom]] were both born here) and [[{{Gayborhood}} its large gay community]]. Thanks to both of these, there's a popular (and not entirely unfounded) stereotype that San Franciscans are ''very'' far to the left of the American mainstream, especially on social issues, to the point where some conservative pundits use the term "[[StrawmanPolitical San Francisco values]]" (as contrasted with "[[DownOnTheFarm American]] [[EverytownAmerica values]]") to describe this. There is ''some'' truth to this belief, as San Francisco does have the highest percentage of gay residents of any city in the U.S., coming in at a whopping fifteen and change percent of the entire city's population -- and those are just the ones that are [[GirlfriendInCanada open about it]]. Its closest rivals are UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}, {{Atlanta}}, [[UsefulNotes/TwinCities Minneapolis]], and UsefulNotes/{{Boston}}, not one of whom tops thirteen percent.

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5th May '13 8:28:22 PM JIKTV

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5th May '13 8:27:39 PM JIKTV

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Of course, this is a DiscreditedTrope to many familiar with the area. San Francisco's streets are very narrow, often crowded, and stop and go in nature, and the charming little cable cars (that climb halfway to the stars) run in city streets, sometimes necessitating urgent lane-changes on the part of automobiles in their vicinity. [[note]]Seriously. Cable cars have priority over ''everything''; the iconic "ding ding!" is your cue to pull over to the right ''immediately'', because the cable car is '''not''' stopping for you.[[/note]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombard_Street_(San_Francisco) Lombard Street]] is a particularly bad street to take when fleeing, as there is a large back up of the cars of tourists that wish to drive down the famed road, in addition to the eight switchbacks between Hyde and Leavenworth streets from which said fame derives. Despite being a horrible idea, ''{{Bullitt}}'' (and lately, ''DriverSanFrancisco'' as well) inspired too many teens who now [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaPFFESLk4Y&feature=related try to do it.]]

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Of course, this is a DiscreditedTrope to many familiar with the area. San Francisco's streets are very narrow, often crowded, and stop and go in nature, and the charming little cable cars (that climb halfway to the stars) run in city streets, sometimes necessitating urgent lane-changes on the part of automobiles in their vicinity. [[note]]Seriously. Cable cars have priority over ''everything''; the iconic "ding ding!" is your cue to pull over to the right ''immediately'', because the cable car is '''not''' stopping for you.[[/note]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombard_Street_(San_Francisco) Lombard Street]] is a particularly bad street to take when fleeing, as there is a large back up of the cars of tourists that wish to drive down the famed road, in addition to the eight switchbacks between Hyde and Leavenworth streets from which said fame derives. Despite being a horrible idea, ''Film/{{Bullitt}}'' (and lately, ''VideoGame/DriverSanFrancisco'' as well) inspired too many teens who now [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaPFFESLk4Y&feature=related try to do it.]]

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27th Apr '13 2:01:44 AM SeptimusHeap

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9th Apr '13 12:17:29 AM LongLiveHumour

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