City of dreams
Mar 25, 2020
3 minutes
THE cool grey city of love is certainly urban. Yet it is the place for people who don’t like cities, who long for fresh air, dog walks, open spaces and endless views.
San Francisco, or SF—never San Fran or Frisco—has a unique character, preserved from untrammelled development in much of its 49 square mile demesne by the simple fact that it’s bounded on three sides by the sea. Only in its southern environs, where neighbourhoods stretch down the Peninsula to merge eventually with tech capital Palo Alto, does it become more akin to other urban areas.
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