People from San Francisco, California

San Francisco and Miami According to research “Cost of living in Miami, Florida is cheaper than in San Francisco.” “San Francisco has better salaries than Miami”. What reasons attract to people to decide which of these two wonderful cities would be better to live. On one hand, San Francisco is one of California's major cities and maybe one of the most beautiful in the world. It lies midway up the Pacific coast. Today, about 829,072 people live here. In addition, it is the cultural, commercial

California has continued to be a state for newcomers to come and establish themselves in America. To be a foundation and a way of life, I would call California the melting pot of our melting pot in America. In reviewing California’s history, one can see that California has made great strides towards trying to give the citizens the freedom to sole their own issues. One of these solution brought together by the people of that time was the San Francisco Union Labor Party. In the 1900’s, San Francisco

San Francisco is ranked eighth in the nation with the population of the amount of homeless population. Because of the this, it has been causing San Francisco problems with preparing for the Super Bowl Fifty.Why does one of the major cities in California have such a large homeless population?Well, the article entitled, San Francisco nudges homeless away from Super Bowl fan village, published by Bloomberg News, the article states,” It has worsened as a technology boom drawing thousands of well paid-workers

The Golden Gate City: The Historical Geography of San Francisco Scott McKenzie once said that “For those who come to San Francisco… Summertime will be a love-in there…In the streets of San Francisco, gentle people with flowers in their hair” ( ). San Francisco has been often called a unique and beautiful city to travel to, with a richly diverse group of people. However, uniqueness and beauty alone do not tell us much of the importance of this city. To comprehend the true uniqueness and beauty

The average price for a single family home in the San Francisco Bay Area in the nine-county region was $775,000, according to the CoreLogic real estate information service. The information contains some striking data about the current market and its affordability issues. Year after year in family home sales shows a 4.4 percent increase as buyers look for more expensive homes, driving the prices up higher. The hot economy and job market in the Bay Area contributes to a severe housing crisis, which

worse than others. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake would be one of the worse disasters. Many people were killed and wounded on that day. Although the earthquake lasted less than a minute, it still caused the worst natural disaster in the country’s history. The California earthquake is known to be one of the most remarkable earthquakes of all time. San Francisco is known to be the “Paris of America”. It was very popular in industry and culture at the time. San Francisco had about 410,000 locals and

James Wilson Marshall, who was a carpenter originally from New Jersey, was working for John Sutter to build a water powered sawmill in early 1848. On January 24th, he probably didn’t realize he was about to make one of the biggest discoveries in American History. While working with his crew, he found little flakes of gold in a river near Coloma, California. Not knowing if it was “fool’s gold” , which would break if struck too hard, he “struck it between two rocks”1 knowing that real gold is malleable

Transportation innovation and conditions in San Francisco were not always created easily. San Francisco’s had an exceptional nightmare from a transit point of view. The obvious problem was San Francisco geographic makeup. Hills caused the early settlers to deal with the swamp-like conditions. San Francisco expanded population after the Gold Rush led to better-paved streets. In the 1870s Andrew S. Hallidie developed a rope and cable car technology that could drag ore and tools up hills by being pulled

On April 18, 1906, in San Francisco, California there was an earthquake that was a major geological disaster that affected people in many ways. According to www.History.com, San Francisco had a population of around 400,000, and 3,000 people. The earthquake destroyed over 28,000 buildings and around 250,000 people became homeless. The damage costs were $500 in 1906. The magnitude of the earthquake was estimated to be a 7.8, but only lasted for 1 minute. The earthquake started many fires that burned

Project 3 A melting pot of different cultures, San Francisco blends different forms of races and sexuality. From the iconic Castro district to the different ethnic neighborhoods scattered throughout the city, San Francisco provides a unique cultural environment. There is a multitude of diversity throughout the Bay Area and San Francisco is well known for its gay pride and acceptance of the gay community. San Francisco itself and its unique culture serve as images and symbols that affect sense