tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13690737.post4127303478431668288..comments2023-10-30T13:06:22.449+00:00Comments on No Crowds: 48 Hours in Berkeley or Why I Envy my SonKate Hedgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03990742270029066955noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13690737.post-90818956575537204262008-06-12T14:56:00.000+01:002008-06-12T14:56:00.000+01:00Hi Kate, Enjoyed your final California installment...Hi Kate,<BR/> <BR/>Enjoyed your final California installments on San Francisco and Berkeley. Only thing I would've done differently is take that red Chevy for a huge circular drive around the Bay. One reason why the Bay Area's epi-center of the U.S. Green and environmental movements is its stupendously amazing geological locale. Yeah, London has the Thames, Paris the Seine, New York the East and Hudson Rivers, but no world-class city I know of has anything which resembles the grandeur of the Bay. I would posit, a major definitive difference between LA and San Francisco lies in their respective geographies. LA was settled and built by people of narrower mind and focus, who could abide no physical or human obstacle (The Otis family, founder of LA Times) to their ambition. Whereas, San Francisco attracted those of more creative and accommodative bent. The aura of tolerance and kookiness which pervade the Bay Area, vs. the stifling homogeneity amid Diaspora (a.k.a Crash!) which defines LA, can all be traced from their geographic differences.<BR/> <BR/>It's hard to know on whom your trip has had greater impact, you or Eloise! <BR/><BR/>The Travel YenteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com