I despise you Bay Area Liberals

[subcomhd]

But I just can't figure out if it's because I wish I lived in your weather or your political environment.

[CreekDog]

1. you know what it feels like to be a Bay Area liberal?

it feels like being a moderate! :dilemma:

[subcomhd]

10. funny

but probably true. but hey, any community in which i could be a conservative is a superior one.

[Hannah Bell]

41. i would have said - like trust fund money.

but maybe that;s more berkeley.

[musette_sf]

48. too true

in Texas i used to be the lib pariah

here, i'm quite moderate.... compared to my anarchist friends :-)

[orwell]

2. It's the sourdough bread...

...it will haunt you forever...

[EVDebs]

15. Gotta have the crab cioppino too ! nt

[subcomhd]

19. I'm heading off to Taco Bell. Enjoy your crab, comrade. nt

[Greenpeach]

25. Cioppino and sourdough,,,

Sheer heaven. I don't live in the City anymore but have the best recipe for Cioppino! My dad got it from a North Beach Italian fisherman, about 100 years ago. It's a family tradition on Christmas Eve. Yum!

[whathehell]

20. Do they still have those great Fish and Chips stands?

I used to buy them bundled in a newspaper for a buck...You know how long ago that was!

[subcomhd]

24. My Dad told me about those, seriously.

he was stationed there in the 50's. LOL. I'm not messing with you. It's true.

[whathehell]

27. Well, seriously, Bro...I'm not that freakin' old!....

They were there inthe early seventies too, when i was there...but thanks for the info
B-)

[subcomhd]

30. right on, no offense intended. N/T

[whathehell]

37. Oh, I know...

I'm just playin' wth ya!B-)

[Blue_In_AK]

34. The thing I remember most about Haight Street

when I lived there in 1969 was the combined smell of fish & chips and dog poop -- seriously. :evilgrin:

[whathehell]

38. Which is why, in 1970

I chose to live in the Noe Valley -- seriously.:evilgrin:

[Blue_In_AK]

42. Good choice...

I chose to move from Haight & Broderick to Clement Street, then the Ingleside District, then Sacramento Street about three hills up from downtown, and finally to Bolinas out in Marin County. I can't believe I moved around so much in those days -- all of that over a period of about 16 months. !

[comtec]

40. sourdough bowl clam chowder

mmmm seafood chowder with fresh crab =]

[dana_b]

3. ha! it's not ALL peace, freedom, suntans and health care for all here!

this past weekend was pretty nice though.

I live in a more conservative part of the Bay Area than San Francisco is. My Obama bumpersticker was painted over with obscene language and there seems to be a more $$ hungry attitude.

[subcomhd]

4. you don't know how good you have it

I vacation in your hometown.

[dana_b]

5. probably not

I realize that it is better than a lot of areas but do get surprised when I read some of the stories on DU.

If it makes you feel better, San Francisco is cool and windy today. ;)

[subcomhd]

8. it was kinda cool and windy here too, didn't brake 100c

also, the teabaggers didn't get front page of the local paper. and later, instead of some crispy duck in china town, i'll hit taco bell. windy and cool, huh? god i hate you people, though i wish you ran the world.

[dana_b]

16. eek!!

duck is too greasy. Nah - we'll have some thai or Indian. :P

teabaggers.... oy! you definitely got me on that one. Like I said, it's a little conservative where I live but teabaggers are not a big part of life there.

[subcomhd]

21. thai or Indian? Are you kidding me?

damn you Bay Area Liberals!!

We have one decent Chinese restaurant here. Chen's - in case you are ever in Lufkin, TX. (pray you aren't) I have to give Chen's a rec.

[create.peace]

26. how about the basque hotel???nt

[omega minimo]

29. can't get a tan in the fog

B-)

[dana_b]

35. that's right!

although most of the Bay Area has better weather than San Francisco and north Peninsula. last weekend was beautiful everywhere though -especially in San Francisco!

[Skink]

6. On the air in Sausalito.

Be cool my friend.

[progressoid]

7. Are you sure it wasn't this?

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

9. Let me know when you decide to buy a $350,000 condo in the shit neighborhood.

This place has its ups and its downs.

[subcomhd]

13. That's the only reason I'm not there.

But what does that tell you? By the "Free" Market's own standard - people want to live there!

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

28. It tells me I should come to my senses and move to Portland or New Mexico...

Or ideally Vancouver in Canada.

[omega minimo]

31. Yeah, Jello Biafra refers to them as

"yuppie fuckwits" :rofl: :rofl:

[pennylane100]

11. Me too,,

I have a carpet bagging republican congressman and a whole lot of red neighbors around me. It is so lonely here.

[subcomhd]

18. it can't be worse than this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Gohmert

[pennylane100]

36. ok., you win

[alittlelark]

12. Silicon Valley is mostly Lib.

There are a few hold-outs, but I very rarely see a 'B*sh/Cheney' or 'McCain/Failin' sticker.

B-)

[exman]

14. Rally at SF City Hall Sept 2 5:00 PM

Come and join us and support health care reform. Best excuse to visit the city by the bay I've heard in a while. Event is sponsored by Organizing for America

http://ca.barackobama.com/SanFranciscoHIRN

Come on, this should be fun, not too many armed rednecks around these parts either..

[subcomhd]

17. See,

That's what I'm talking about, and I bet you commies won't be sweating at 5 pm like you would here.

[pink-o]

22. Come see us next month! End of Sept and Oct are sooo awesome here.

Geez, even the Blue Angels make sure they're here for Fleet Week every October, because they know how amazing our weather is. I make it a point to cycle across the bridge, stop at the south Tower, and just thank the random coincidences that dropped me into this slice of paradise.

And yeah, I don't own a house or a condo, cuz I can't afford to buy in the place I love. But the trade-off is worth it, I think.

Me, last year. Check out the azure water--no photoshopping, I promise!

[subcomhd]

23. You suck.

You suck so hard it is indescribable.

BTW - I didn't see the pictures to which you referred. But I'm sure they would just make me despise you and your open-minded, cool weather-liking comrades even more.

[omega minimo]

33. Be prepared to have your

gender boundaries challenged. :hi:

[Brooklyns_Finest]

32. Bay Area weather

SUCKS bugs time. I took a promotion up here from Los Angeles a little over a year ago. If I knew how bad the weather was, I would have kept my warm weather loving ass back down in Pasadena.

As far as the liberal part goes, well, I live right near Berkeley and we all know that it is one of the most left wing parts of the country. However, I work with a lot of native Bay area people, and while the ones I know are mostly democrats, I don't find them any more liberal than your average democratic voter. Case in point, I work in 12 person unit. 3 of them voted yes on Prop 8, 4 of us are former (and pro)military, and all of us, are pretty much not big fan of unions.

But yes, Berkeley is ver liberal.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

44. What, exactly, is wrong with the weather here?

If you get bored of the fog, move to Concord.

[hootinholler]

39. Well it's generally muggy here on the Chesapeake

Oh, you meant some other bay? Where would that be?

-Hoot

[Kalyke]

43. The political environment I would like...

But, I have really never wanted to visit California.

I'm more of a European-lovin' gal.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

45. Isn't the Bay Area often cold and foggy?

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to visit there, but I'll prefer my own warm weather over that.

[subcomhd]

46. I love cold and foggy. nt

[Arugula Latte]

47. It depends where/when.

The fog gets sucked in through the Golden Gate when the inland heats up (so summers are foggy in San Francisco). The fog gets trapped by the hills, so on the other side of the hills (East Bay, South Bay. parts of the Peninsula and Marin County, etc.) it can be very hot when Oakland-San Francisco are foggy and cool. In the winter the Central Valley often gets foggy while San Francisco is clear. The Bay Area has amazing, complicated weather/geography depending upon interaction of ocean, Bay, Delta, hills, mountains and valleys.