Beauty to me is mostly about topography and/or architecture, with a multiplier for density, because i'm a city nerd, and a bias towards mediterranean climates, because that's what I'm used to and they're pretty and stuff. In no particular order:
Istanbul, Genoa, Sarajevo, Barcelona, SF, Valparaiso, Vancouver, Hong Kong, La Paz, Paris, Marseille, Sydney, Rio
I know that's 13, but i wanted to list even more. It's hard to choose.
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Originally Posted by CaliNative
I like San Francisco, but the city takes itself way too seriously. The "preciousness" feels somehow false, masking insecurity.
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What exactly do you mean by "preciousness", and how is it false? SF is objectively a unique/important/highly valued (AKA "precious") city, in multiple ways: setting, architecture, climate, culture, economy, etc.
As for SF being insecure or taking itself too seriously...i didn't know cities were sentient. Some people take SF seriously, some people don't. Some people are insecure, some aren't. Shocking!
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Originally Posted by CaliNative
You are on to something--L.A. doesn't take itself too seriously (S.F. does to the point of being a "precious" & "snooty" "adult Disneyland") and I think that is good. L.A. is more real, and going up in beauty. Apart from high tech & finance & tourist services, S.F. no longer makes anything (although its burbs do). L.A. does it all. Maybe "great" and "beautiful" are different catagories, but there is an overlap.
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lol
i see what's going on here. City-data is that way -------->
FYI you don't seem to really know that much about SF.