San Jose: So not lame that it will be called the 'big watermelon' by 2045
Angelo Lanham
Issue date: 2/28/08 Section: Opinion
How about New York City? Just what is so fun about waking up from an accidental nap on the subway and wondering if you still have all the gold in your mouth? If San Jose residents suddenly donned long, black coats and began to walk in small, hurried steps with a cell phone permanently fixed in one hand and a cigarette in the other, would we be as cool as New York City?
The Empire State Building - well, that's pretty cool. But New York's pizza has taken a big hit in recent years, due to the proliferation of such corporations as Domino's and the like. You have to be a resident to find good pizza there (and it does still exist, or so I'm told), and during my stay, my search was fruitless. And without good pizza, all the long black coats in the world won't help your city.
Ah, San Francisco. While not as actress- (waitress)-heavy as L.A., nor as "fast-moving" as NYC, S.F. is an interesting hotbed of homosexuals, homelessness, hippie leftovers and a few last-grasp attempts at neo-'40s jazz class, with a couple of power ties walking around for good measure.
The diverse population makes every moment exciting and interesting, but is it better than San Jose? I hardly think so.
Besides, people, remember. Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither was San Francisco. It takes decades upon decades to turn beautiful vegetation into a barren skyline of infinite concrete.
Patience, my S.J. minions. Just think, in the year 2045, when your grandkids are tooling it up with the jiving nightlife of San Jose, which will be called "the city," or nicknamed "the big watermelon," you will have the ubercool ability to bitch and moan to them about the old days, "when this was all fields."
The Empire State Building - well, that's pretty cool. But New York's pizza has taken a big hit in recent years, due to the proliferation of such corporations as Domino's and the like. You have to be a resident to find good pizza there (and it does still exist, or so I'm told), and during my stay, my search was fruitless. And without good pizza, all the long black coats in the world won't help your city.
Ah, San Francisco. While not as actress- (waitress)-heavy as L.A., nor as "fast-moving" as NYC, S.F. is an interesting hotbed of homosexuals, homelessness, hippie leftovers and a few last-grasp attempts at neo-'40s jazz class, with a couple of power ties walking around for good measure.
The diverse population makes every moment exciting and interesting, but is it better than San Jose? I hardly think so.
Besides, people, remember. Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither was San Francisco. It takes decades upon decades to turn beautiful vegetation into a barren skyline of infinite concrete.
Patience, my S.J. minions. Just think, in the year 2045, when your grandkids are tooling it up with the jiving nightlife of San Jose, which will be called "the city," or nicknamed "the big watermelon," you will have the ubercool ability to bitch and moan to them about the old days, "when this was all fields."
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itzzzkimmm
posted 2/28/08 @ 7:14 PM PST
Finally someone who agrees with me! I've lived in San Jose all my life and I love it. It's diverse and beautiful. I hate how people complain about it. (Continued…)
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