Cool Gray City of Love
There are many nicknames of San Francisco, California that have been used throughout the city's history. AI Capital of the World – coined from the mid-2020s, reflecting the emergence and eventual prevalence of several artificial intelligence-oriented companies (otherwise known as start-ups or "unicorns") in the city. Baghdad by the Bay – title of a book of essays by Herb Caen, and a nickname he used for the city because of the cosmopolitan cultural diversity it shares with the medieval city of Baghdad Fog City / "City of Fog" – in reference to San Francisco's famous fog Frisco – also the nickname of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, it is a nickname disparaged by Herb Caen and some locals, but the word is still used today particularly by San Francisco's Black community. Gay Mecca Golden Gate City – in reference to the Golden Gate strait which is spanned by the Golden Gate Bridge San Fran – Used by non-native residents and those outside of the Bay Area. Curtis Sparrer from Bospar gives the reasons why it is not acceptable to say 'San Fran'. SF SFC (San Francisco City) Sunset City The city – used by native San Franciscans and people in the Bay Area The city by the Bay – refers…
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