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    The Golden Gate Bridge takes a curious traveler across the San Francisco Bay area into a marvelous journey towards a technologically innovative city of San Francisco. The city of San Francisco has forever been a national symbol of coveted opportunity, cultural disapprobation, technological blossoming – and, frankly, economic inequality. In the past, countless attempts were made by multiple scholars to identify the sources of San Francisco’s social inequality. Statisticians compiled large tomes

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    subspecies, R. r. halicoetes, and southern subspecies, R. r. raviventris both of which reside in Northern California around the Bay area. The northern subspecies can be found in the San Pablo and Suisun marshes of California, whereas the southern variant reside in the marshes of Corte Madera, Richmond and South San Francisco Bay. Salt marsh harvest mice heavily depend on dense coverage of the pickleweed (Salicornia virginica)--their preferred habitat. In marshes with salt-tolerant plants, the mice

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    Presidio Research Paper

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    The Presidio of San Francisco Mariza Ness San Francisco State University (ThePresidio.gov) Among the many attractions of the San Francisco Bay area, there is a peculiar park within the city. This park is contoured by walls, intercalated by open gates. Seems that the park is a mini town, inside San Francisco, for behind those walls there are many amenities originally built as residence, hospital, schools, offices. This is the Park Presidio of San Francisco. The original Presidio was

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    in the beloved San Francisco, it’s hard for me to say if I agree or disagree with the gentrification that has been happening there however I believe that I am leaning more towards agreeing with it. There are many good things that could come out of this like older buildings being restored and creating better housing however this does mean that prices are going to be rising quickly. More importantly, these neighborhoods would become safer and crime rates will come down (San Francisco Gentrification)

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    immigrant from China who was the cashier for the liquor store down Third Street in San Francisco. Within three weeks of his arrival in San Francisco, he was able to formulate words in English to hold a conversation with me. It was pretty impressive how he quickly learned the language. By hearing people conversate and watching TV was how he quickly learned English. As we were talking about places to see in San Francisco, groups of African Americans and Latino middle school students came and went straight

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    Japantowns

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    small populations limited community facilities       e. historic japantowns (1) community halls (2) language schools (3)bathhouse (4)Buddhist temple (5)Christian churches (6) markets (7) nurseries f. California (1) urban or suburban towns Sacramento San Mateo (2)agricultural communities Cortez and Guadalupe Japanese farm laborers or truck farmers (3) coastal towns (a) Monterey and Terminal Island (b) Issei worked as fishermen or in fishing canneries (4)towns on the delta Walnut Grove and Isleton

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    HISTORY Located at the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, a three-mile-long strait connects the San Francisco Bay to the nearby Pacific Ocean. This strait (named “Golden Gate” by U.S. Army Captain John Freemont in 1846) separates the cities of San Francisco and Marin. Due to its location near the Pacific, the strait is known for its strong tidal forces; as well as gale-force winds and dense fogs. Because of these conditions, during the early twentieth century, ferries provided the only

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    Argumentative Analysis

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    a diverse mix of language specific content as well as sports and talk radio that presents a tossed salad of ideas, viewpoints, philosophies, opinions, information, and rants. San Francisco, even though consistently run by democratic city and local leaders, is actually more "green" than blue. Along with Berkeley, San Francisco is traditionally anti-war, pro-civil rights, extremely eco/environmental conscious, and would be considered extremely fiscally liberal because of some of their support and assistance

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    The Golden Gate Bridge Essay

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    size and artistic design. Although actual construction began in January of 1933, the idea for the Golden Gate Bridge began back in 1872. At that time, railroad entrepreneur Charles Crocker envisioned bridging the gap across the entrance to San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. The idea was deemed unfeasible at the time and was put to rest until 1916, when James Wilkins, a newspaper editor, began to heavily promote the idea of building a bridge across the Golden Gate Strait. This time the

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    live can hold significance to them. These can also hold memories for people. It can also help them learn from having experiences with other important people, objects, locations, and event. My trip to Japantown, San Francisco is an important event for me. My trip to Japantown, San Francisco holds a lot of significance because I went there all by myself for the first time, and this showed that I could do something on my own. I decided to go to

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