IClast@JPS.Net wrote:
> [Posting problems likely to continue for a month or so.]
>
> Jim Davis wrote:
> > Well s'cuse me. I agree about the Buena Vista which is the place we
> > always go, but I suppose I was 'wrong' in calling that the 'wharf'
> > cause it is only a block from the ocean and the wharf.
>
> The Buena Vista Café (BV) and The Wharf are farther than a mile from
> the
> ocean.
>
> >> Jim Davis wrote:
> >>> Staying downtown IMHO is a little dangerous.
> >
> > Icono Clast said:
> >> Yes. The older buildings that haven't been retro-fitted are bigger
> >> and more likely to collapse when the Earth shakes. But the ones
> >> standing survived the Loma Prieta. There's also denser traffic thus
> >> the air is less healthful.
> >
> > I'm sure you must know I was referring to 'dangerous' as being the
> > probablity of being mugged by thugs or panhandlers.
>
> It's a POSSIbility ANYwhere in the known universe; by thugs, who have
> cars and/or carfare just as you, but extremely unlikely by panhandlers.
>
> Dave Hatunen said:
> > I don't believe I've ever heard the foot of Hyde Street called
> > "North Beach" before.
>
> That's 'cause only an idiot, in a state of drowsiness such as I, would
> do so!
>
> The foot of Hyde Street is two blocks beyond Russian Hill's BV. I can
> understand a tourist placing the BV at The Wharf but not someone who
> claims authority by living in one of our sub-urbs (un-named) for thirty
>
> years and visiting The Wharf and the BV annually.
>
> Fisherman's Wharf is a neighborhood in the North Beach District that
> also includes Little Italy and Telegraph Hill. I know you knew that.
WOW! Fisherman's Wharf is NOW part of North Beach?
What do the restauranteurs along Columbus street think of this?
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