Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:25:28 +0100, D wrote:

It was many years ago since I last visited, but I much preferred Boston
over New York. But I also prefer Chicago over Boston, so I think the
list of preference runs Chicago, Boston, New York. If all the druggies
were removed, and disregarding the democrats, I think San Francisco
would be among the top three as well.

My experience of both NYC and Chicago was day trips or overnight stays so
I don't know them as well as the Boston area.

I was first in SF in the '80s before it had deteriorated, but again not
for a long stay. I lived in coastal New Hampshire and was used to the
weather patterns of the north Atlantic, cold morning fog that burned off
around noon. What impressed me was SF managed to spin that as 'delightful
sweater weather'. 

I made it to Haight Ashbury about 20 years late. In the '60s California
culture was given national representation on TV and in the magazines. It
was an enigma where I grew up. We didn't even know what a taco was, let
alone understand the humor. The US has gotten more uniform over the last
60 years but in the '50s and '60s traveling outside your area was not
unlike visiting a foreign country except that the natives spoke English.
Sort of.