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Visit San Francisco - America's favourite city destination, this
is a place that even moves the most blasé of nations to admiration.
In the attractiveness stakes the city gets a huge helping hand from
its geographical position. The bay, when not shrouded in fog, is one
of the most dramatic settings for a city anywhere in the world. The
Golden Gate Bridge that spans it is a remarkably impressive piece of
20th-century engineering, while crouched in the middle is the grey
homunculus of Alcatraz, a fascinating counterpoint of utilitarian
ugliness to the graceful functionality of the bridge.
But the geographical impact isn't just in the surroundings, it is
imprinted on the city itself. San Francisco's grid of streets is
written on one of the steepest urban landscapes found anywhere, and
it makes for an impressive canvas upon which the San Franciscans
have established one of the world's great cities, not to mention
facilitating the best car chase sequences found in the movies.
It is the steep streets that led to the development of San
Francisco's famous public transport system - the cable car. These
old carriages still ply routes in the city, with a lone brakeman all
that stands between the passengers and plummeting down the
precipitous thoroughfare unchecked.
If the public transport system is a roller coaster then it is a
fitting mode of transport for the inhabitants, the most liberal and
diverse population found anywhere in America. A massive and vocal
gay community lives side by side with the US's largest Chinese
population, and literally hundreds of other nationalities and
lifestyles are represented in San Francisco's multi-cultural
community. It makes for a heady cocktail of experience for the
visitor; move from district to district and you'll see all the
facets of life represented, warts and all.
There is truly something for everyone here - Americana in all its
glory is tempered with European style and a continental dash of
panache that pervades everyone and every thing.
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