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descript=San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California. San Francisco (Spanish for Saint Francis) was founded on June 29, 1776, when colonists from Spain established Presidio of San Francisco at the Golden Gate and Mission San Francisco de As�s named for St. Francis of Assisi a few miles away. The California Gold Rush of 1849 brought rapid growth, making it the largest city on the West Coast at the time.\
San Francisco nicknames: The City by the Bay; Fog City; San Fran; Frisco;  The City that Knows How;  Baghdad by the Bay;  The Paris of the West. San Francisco, California\
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SF has long been the gay capital of the Americas for its constant fighting for LGBT equality and the many gay friendly neighborhoods, open minded population, and wide variety of attractions and amenities.\

