“but the region from D.C. to Maine is far, far, superior in food, arts, and sports”
That’s like 20 major cities and 1000X the landmass.
As for MIT, when was the last time they got a patent for something that actually changed the way people live for the better?
The entire tech industry is centered in the suburbs of San Francisco. For better or worse, depending on your perspective, they changed the world.
“That’s like 20 major cities and 1000X the landmass.”
I’m speaking of the narrow strip along the coast, and primarily the cities of D.C., Philadelphia, New York, and Boston. True, that is four cities to one, but if you’ve been to the Philadelphia Art Museum, anything in SF will disappoint (And that’s without even talking about the National Gallery or the Met).
If you’ve been to NY Chinatown, the Chinese food in SF will disappoint. If you’ve had French Cuisine in DC, SF will disappoint. If you’ve had Italian in NY or South Philly, SF will disappoint. If you’ve wintered in RI, seafood in SF disappoints. And so on, and so forth.
Now, I used to love SF, and could again. It’s beautiful, and if it were a sane thing to do, I’d like to live there. But it is tops in nothing—except, possibly, charm. Whatever SF brags about, somebody else does it better.
“As for MIT, when was the last time they got a patent for something that actually changed the way people live for the better?”
I don’t know.
“The entire tech industry is centered in the suburbs of San Francisco.”
How far out are you extending those “suburbs,” down to Santa Barbara? Silicon Valley is not a part of San Francisco.