3A World Cities

San Fransisco and New York

Contains a web link to your locations.
NY daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/index.html
SF Gate
http://www.sfgate.com/
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How it connects too my study of humanities.

• Looking at news from 2 different areas gives me an idea of how the culture in each location is. It tells me about what's happening in the area, what kind of cultural events are popular, what kind of interests the people there have, what kinds of social problems (which would impact what concerns/issues the people care about) and to an extent, how they view themselves and the rest of the country.

What are some assumptions/stereotypes you think people have of each location:

• Some people strongly associate San Fransisco with gay people, and it's viewed by many as being extremely liberal politically. I also know a person who only thinks of bums and panhandlers when they think of San Fransisco. New York is stereotyped as being very busy and full of rude people. It's also considered a liberal city, but not as much as S.F. I also think of Broadway when I think of New York, and how N.Y is a huge theater town (like Hollywood with movies).
  

List 3 things that make each location similar:

• Both are huge coastal metropolitan cities, and are two of the most famous big cities in the US. Because both are so large and diverse, both are very liberal.
• Both of them had news about entertainment, such as movies, theater, and celebrities.
• Both had news about the state of the economy, showing that it is a concern for both.

List 3 things that make each location so different:

• San Fransisco Gate had a couple stories about animals and pets on the front page. One example of this was a story about holistic medicine for dogs and cats, and another was about a chimp a the SF zoo. There was also a section of reader submitted photos of their pets. The NY news didn't have any news about animals that I could see (except one involving a celebrity). This suggests that pet ownership may be a larger culture in SF than NY.
• The NY Daily News had a lot more celebrity gossip than that of the SF news. Celebrity gossip consummed the first few stories on the page, and you had to go down a ways to see more general news, and later local/national news, and then waas followed by more gossip. The SF news, on the other hand, was less concerned with gossip, although it did have some stories. This may have something to do with the fact that NY is very connected to the entertainment industry, and so may be of larger interest to the general public. Also, SF is part of Northern California, a culture distinctly different than that of LA and Southern California. The lack of celebrity news may be a result of the disdain some North Californians show towards Hollywood.
• The SF news had a food and wine section that was really large, with reviews, recipes, top 100 resturants, and editorials. The NY news had a small section that had resturant reviews. This could suggest that people in NY go to resturants more frequently than people in SF, who may cook at home more (Maybe a transportation issue? I've heard most people in NY don't drive, and it seems like it would be a pain to call cabs/busses/walk to do grocery shopping all the time. A restaurant would be way more conveniant- and probably cheaper than in SF, since NY is so much bigger).

Questioning: What else would you like to know about these places?

• I know both San Fransisco and New York are famous cities. I am wondering, which one is more famous worldwide, and for what reason?
  

Using your classmates work from last week, tell us one thing you learned from 1 student. Is this one thing some common experience you share or some experience that is completely different than what you experienced? Is this one thing related to our class theoretical foundation and if so, how? Is that one thing related to historical or cultural context of this country or a different one? Link that persons blog to this entry.

• I looked at Lori's page about the California Academy of Sciences. I learned that nearly the whole building is made from recycled materials. I thought this was really cool! I, like Lori, have been to the Academy since it's reopening, and found my experience to be like hers- there is so much information available around the whole building, that it's hard to get it all. This is related to our class because I think it really shows how Californians are becoming increasingly more enviornmentally concious, and how the Bay Area culture tends to be enviornemntally friendly.

Lori's Page on C.A.S.