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Is there a big difference between San Francisco and San Diego? They're both Californian mega cities.


Very different by almost any measure.


San Diego is more conservative, generally speaking. Lot more military folks, too.


Very different. San Diego is not a mega city like LA or the great Bay Area. Much better weather than SF, seems a bit more relaxed pace and not as overrun.


Looking at a map there really isn't much of a gap between LA and San Diego. It's pretty much one mega-city.


They still feel a world apart, though I expect that to change over the next 20 years.


That’s a good way to put it. The two cities just have a very different feel to them.


"City" is a strong term, there is suburban sprawl between them, but it's not all urban. Huge USMC base in between as well.


It’s a 2 hour drive minimum between the two... If they are one big mega-city then Sacramento is part of the bay area.


San diego is much more spread out, has very nice beaches, is warm all year long. It doesn’t have good chinese food though.


Politically it's a lot more centrist. More housing friendly, no good transit options though.


I wouldn't be surprised if the massive, long-standing military presence in/around San Diego is a factor for the region being more conservative than most of coastal California.


This is part of the reason. Another part is that typically the closer you get to the equator in the US the more conservative. It's related to the reason why beach towns typically have bad food and no real culture.


Maybe it's a relative perspective thing, but every Californian I know thinks they're quite different.


The obvious one is that SF proper is generally cold and foggy while SD is sunny and warm.




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