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Silas Warner wrote the quoted material below:

" Not 150, not continuously.  Try more like 30. 

Yes, you're correct, not continuously.  In the earlier Gold Rush (not the
current one), eggs sold for $2 apiece and people were willing to pay for
them.  People who came here was scammed, shanghaied, and robbed.

" San Francisco WAS a
" big office and manufacturing center 50 years ago, when there were
" real honest fish canneries on Fisherman's Wharf, and Ghirardelli
" Square was a real honest chocolate factory.

All replaced by tourist traps designed to milk money from tourists who
want a touch of home (that is: chain stores, schlocky eateries, trinket
shops, etc.)  

You're right that SF did have a history as a fairly civilized place, which
was then overrun by tourism.  I can remember actually eating a decent meal
on the Wharf.  Golly, that dates me, doesn't it.

I'm loathe to recommend tourist accommodations to people who won't get to
know the lay of the land.  Several months ago I overheard a couple
tourists getting off a cable car saying, "I've just GOT to try out the Old
Navy store; it's larger than ours at home."  My heart sank.


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David Kaye