San Franciscans have a bond of self-satisfaction bordering on smugness.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
San Franciscans know we live in the most beautiful city in the world, a jewel on the edge of the Golden Gate.
I have this insane and unabated longing for San Francisco. I come up there every chance that I get.
California is a queer place in a way, it has turned its back on the world, and looks into the void Pacific. It is absolutely selfish, very empty, but not false, and at least, not full of false effort.
What makes San Francisco work is that high-value people like to live there and cluster.
The apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion real live here in only the most temporary way.
Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times.
Many people in San Francisco know me, and they know my persistence.
There's something uniquely aggravating about the smugness of liberal Hollywood.
A lot of the people in San Francisco think of themselves as healers - not just as people delivering this base service, but giving their clients spiritual help. It's almost like being an actor, playing a different part for each trick.
To me... San Francisco is an ideal city, intellectually stimulating and naturally beautiful. The oceans and forests are close enough to refresh the spirit; the architecture is always exciting.
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