Very good point. If the Bay Area were governed by New York State, SF, Oakland, and San Jose would be boroughs of one city
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Not even.
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Oakland is it's own planet that sometimes includes Emeryville, Berkeley, and Alameda. Vallejo and Richmond are twin cities. San Francisco is everything else from Palo Alto and Hayward north to Benicia. San Jose is less interesting LA
aug 1, 2025, 5:57 am • 1 0 • view
1/3 East Bay encompasses pretty much everything north of Fremont to the south end of the Richmond/San Rafael bridge. The north & east border towns of the East Bay are Vallejo, Fairfield, Antioch, Brentwood, and Livermore. It encompasses a large geo area including Mt. Diablo. The South Bay . . .
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2/3 …(Silicon Valley/SanJose) includes Fremont to the northeast, Palo Alto to the northwest, Los Gatos to the southwest & Morgan Hill/Gilroy to the south/southeast. San Francisco/Peninsula is San Francisco proper at the north end, Half Moon Bay on the south coast east to Redwood City on the west…
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3/3 …west shore of the Bay. North Bay is north side of the Golden Gate Bridge to Petaluma. Wine Country is Napa & Sonoma to the south, Hopland to the north, Healdsberg, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, St Helena, etc., in between. Hope that helps. It will make sense when you look at the map.
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You forgot to mention Martinez!
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Martinez is inside the East Bay border, as is Benicia.
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