In San Francisco, we're all as gay as 1890s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gay_Parisienne], except those of us who are not. (Most of us are not.)[footnote]A personal peeve: In the city of San Fierro, GTA: San Andreas, they obviously did their homework, but the Queens area looked nothing like the Castro, which is distinguishable enough to be a mimicable landmark.[/footnote] Plenty of us, however, are fringe, eccentric, weird, or look like we're in costume. That's because you can dress as you want and get away with it.[footnote]So long as you're not naked. (But you wouldn't want to be naked here; it's cold and foggy!) Thanks to our sex-positive communities, nudity in The City proper is associated with cruising for action and will get you arrested. If you want to be publicly nude as per naturism, you cross the Bay to Berkeley, and don't do anything remotely lewd.[/footnote] Not to be confused with a lack of style or concern, though as with any cosmopolitan urban center, some have more style than others.
Not that many people eat granola and yogurt as a regular thing. We have awesome delis that have ridiculous selections of breads, wine and cheese. Even the Safeways have improved their spread to compete.
Yes, the place is overrun with homeless, given that transients migrate here from the rest of the nation. Our services network, run mostly through non-profits, is meant to help people recover and get reintroduced into society. And yes, we sometimes have stupid laws.[footnote]Right now, toys in happy meals are prohibited, and we still don't allow for plastic bags in grocery stores. At the same time a lot of people now bring their own bags.[/footnote] Weird legislation, such as curbside recycling gets tried out here, often, before it becomes trendy throughout the rest of the nation. Though we don't yet have a yellow bike program [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_sharing_system] and could really use one.
Yes, we have a dildo store [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COYOTE] actually can advertise in the public, and does. (It's a very progressive store, though.)
The underground tunnels from Big Trouble In Little China have mostly toppled due to earthquakes. Yes, the tongs still run Chinatown, but they're nicer to the tourists, these days.
No, we're not all Neopagans[footnote]Most of the Neopagans and Wiccans have drifted out into Oakland and Berkeley, largely because rent is cheaper there.[/footnote] or atheists, and in fact have more than our share of street preachers and the cathedral that looks like a washing machine agitator [http://gowalla.com/spots/38768/photos/1746046].
No, age-of-consent reform [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nambla] activism these days takes place in northern Europe, and is more about matching consent laws to real-world sexual patterns of teens.
Yes, San Francisco laws would suggest we are terrified of handguns. A Concealed-carry permit requires a serious bureaucratic labyrinth run, and that has to be renewed every three months. It sure is easy enough to buy guns, though. Granted, they're marked up significantly.
Did I miss anything? Halloween? The People's Temple? The Maltese Falcon?
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EDIT: Embarrassing typos.
