Golden Gate Bridge Cable cars Fisherman's Wharf: sea lions and crab takeaways Alcatraz Island Coit Tower Lombard Street Alamo Square "Painted Lady" Victorians Hills Shivering tourists in shorts Fog City Hall lit up for Pride Month Castro District Gay bar or bathhouse (there are still a few left, although most of the really legendary ones, and pretty much all the lesbian bars, are gone) Folsom Street Fair Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Drag show (RIP Beach Blanket Babylon) Grizzled beat poets at North Beach cafe (there are still a few left) Headliners show up and play at twenty-seat club that doesn't have a sign or a name after their concert Chinese New Year Parade Chinatown: Grant Avenue
Yeah, there's a bunch more stuff that could be any major city. And some stuff that says where you are, but you'd need to be a local to get the reference. But these are the ones that immediately give a sense of place.
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Cable cars
Fisherman's Wharf: sea lions and crab takeaways
Alcatraz Island
Coit Tower
Lombard Street
Alamo Square "Painted Lady" Victorians
Hills
Shivering tourists in shorts
Fog
City Hall lit up for Pride Month
Castro District
Gay bar or bathhouse (there are still a few left, although most of the really legendary ones, and pretty much all the lesbian bars, are gone)
Folsom Street Fair
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Drag show
(RIP Beach Blanket Babylon)
Grizzled beat poets at North Beach cafe (there are still a few left)
Headliners show up and play at twenty-seat club that doesn't have a sign or a name after their concert
Chinese New Year Parade
Chinatown: Grant Avenue
Yeah, there's a bunch more stuff that could be any major city. And some stuff that says where you are, but you'd need to be a local to get the reference. But these are the ones that immediately give a sense of place.