I only just grasped what "Bay Area" actually meant this last week.

Post #428,932 by static 5/10/19 7:23:32 PM 5/10/19 7:23:32 PM Reply	I only just grasped what "Bay Area" actually meant this last week. I was in San Fran and the Bay area for a quick holiday. First time visit, great place to visit - and brought with it my perception that "San Francisco" could mean a very large area. Not so! I think I began to truly realize this when I got a train to San Jose. The famous BART is called "_Bay Area_ (Rapid Transit)" for a reason. Wade.
Post #428,936 by rcareaga 5/10/19 10:11:36 PM 5/10/19 10:11:36 PM Reply	San Francisco small Forty-nine square miles. Drop the city into Los Angeles (about ten times the area, and we’re talking merely about the actual city limits—the metro area is closer to another ten times that) and it would be just another cluster of structures lost within the sprawl. The famous BART is indeed called “Bay Area” for a reason. Every now and again—at intervals briefer than we might wish—the locals feel compelled to wonder where the “Rapid” enters into it exactly. cordially,
Post #428,944 by static 5/11/19 5:26:55 AM 5/11/19 5:26:55 AM Reply	Oh yeah. It's not "Rapid Transit". That was obvious after one ride from the airport into Powell St. Actual Rapid Transit is handled pretty well in SF proper with the Muni Metro. BART is a consumer rail system. Wade.
Post #428,966 by CRConrad 5/12/19 5:43:52 PM 5/12/19 5:43:52 PM Reply	"Consumer" = "commuter", I take it?
Post #428,968 by static 5/12/19 10:15:07 PM 5/12/19 10:15:07 PM Reply	Dang, yes, I meant to type "commuter".
Post #428,947 by malraux 5/11/19 10:40:22 AM 5/11/19 10:40:22 AM Reply	San Francisco, Boston, and Manhattan can all comfortably fit inside Detroit At the same time. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #428,937 by boxley 5/10/19 10:57:33 PM 5/10/19 10:57:33 PM Reply	did you get down to chinatown? Love that place especially off the main drags "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #428,941 by rcareaga 5/10/19 11:13:07 PM 5/10/19 11:13:07 PM Reply	LA Chinatown or SF Chinatown? The latter was a ten minute walk from the workplace. Plenty of lunches thereabouts. cordially,
Post #428,942 by boxley 5/11/19 12:15:27 AM 5/11/19 12:15:27 AM Reply	stayed at the drake for 2 weeks due to a booking mistake at work got down there every night "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #428,945 by static 5/11/19 5:35:13 AM 5/11/19 5:35:13 AM Reply	I did! That was part of a long walk on the first full day going from my hotel near Union Sq over to Fisherman's Wharf. I wandered north-ish wondering about scaling the first hill when I came across Stockton Street Tunnel. Score! Emerged in Chinatown and it was glorious, though being mid-morning I had no need for sustenance of any sort. I meandered west and north until I came to Lombard St in Russian Hill (yes, that famous street), then went down the hill to the cable car turntable on the end of Hyde St. Went east, found some lunch (fish and chips - natch!), then Pier 39 and a little tourist shopping. Got a tram back down the Embarcadero to about Pier 3 or so, then meandered back up to Union Sq. I got sunburnt that day. :-) Later days involved a trip to Santa Cruz to meet a friend, exploring the weird and wonderful shops in Haight-Ashbury, the City Lights Bookstore and the Cable Car Museum. I want to come back with a slightly better organised itinerary. :-) Wade.

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