Somebody Up There Likes Us
Awwww. We're feeling all soft and snuggly after reading this sweet Gawker post that says kinda nice stuff about San Francisco!
Apparently, a reader contacted them, requesting "more features about why San Francisco sucks", and they responded a sarcastic list of some of our greatest points of pride:
...their mayor is both privately and publicly in favor of gay marriage? Because they built a downtown stadium that people actually wanted, and did it with private funds? Because they have weather like today’s, not weather like Monday and Tuesday’s?
We read this post again and again, like it was a note from our sophomore-year crush, only to conclude that they might actually be defending our fair city!
Even their critiques:
The bars close too early, mass transit sucks (Ed note: so many links to choose from!), pleated pants and woven belts are still thought to be acceptable, and people are just too fucking friendly.
are things we, too have bitched about, many, many times, both publicly and privately, so we'd be quite the hypocrites to take offense.
So, this must be what it looks like from the high road. The view isn't bad, not at all.
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