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San Francisco, California

The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the fourteenth-most populous in the United States, with a 2010 population of 805,235. It is located on the tip of the San Francisco Peninsula and is the focal point of the San Francisco Bay Area. San Francisco is the second most densely populated major city in the United States.

In 1776, the Spanish settled the tip of the San Francisco peninsula, establishing a fort at the Golden Gate and a mission named for Francis of Assisi. As a result of the California Gold Rush in 1848, the city entered a period of rapid growth. After being devastated by the 1906 earthquake and fire, San Francisco was quickly rebuilt.

www.sfgov.org/
Panoramic view of the city taken on May 28, 1906: www.centurynational.com/pgs/1906.html

San Francisco in 1940:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=duZDzQTZ1vQ

The name refers to Saint Francis of Assisi.

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco

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Recent city comments:

Bison Paddock, IslandGeek wrote 21 days ago:

I have been here. I was on the bench for like '45 minutes'. Got bored, and all I heard was grazing.
Little Russia, IslandGeek wrote 1 month ago:

Agreed. I'm sure 15 million of whatever this is can fit in Russia and you still call it "little". More like Microscopic Russia.
Sutro Baths Receiving Basin (outdoors), IslandGeek wrote 1 month ago:

I've seen this place. The waves where beautiful.
Hippie Hill, IslandGeek wrote 1 month ago:

I have been here. I was OVERWHELMED. My ears almost broke with this, could've found those idk... maybe instrumentals? Anyways, the general place is like East of "Hippie Hill". Got caught on the resteraunts and ran out of time became a realization, I took a detour right into the front seat of my car. On my way back, I got carsick ): .
California Academy of Sciences, IslandGeek wrote 1 month ago:

The pizza there is SO GOOD, and the Alligator near whatever. But, the rainforest dome was so HOT