Fog, hills, and world-changing ideas
San Francisco occupies the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, a compact city of 7x7 miles that has punched far above its size for over 170 years. It was the gateway city of the Gold Rush, the birthplace of the Beat Generation, the epicenter of the Summer of Love, and the launchpad for the modern tech industry. The neighborhoods — the Mission, the Castro, Chinatown, the Haight, North Beach — are distinct mini-cities, each shaped by waves of migration and reinvention. The fog, the hills, the sourdough, and the Golden Gate are just the backdrop.
