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Although San Francisco is one of the most expensive cities in the U.S.It is still open to visitors with a small budget
birthplace of the hippie movement and high-tech industry the town has always attracted young people around the world and
has an extended network of hostels and budget hotels
Known as the city of counterculture since the days of beatniks
many whose behavior was not well accepted in the rest of the world moved in there
they were “on the road” of counterculture driven by jazz, drugs, *** freedom and new ideas
In 1967, the Human Be-In festival that helped popularize the hippie culture
with 20,000 hippies gathered in Golden Gate Park introduced the freedom lived in the city to a wide audience
At the time the dream of many teenagers was to run away from home became a hippie and go to San Francisco
In the 90's once again the city attracted many young people seeking training and employment in the high-tech industry
According to the book “Making the Silicon Valley”the key factor in the beginning of the Valley's
was the maritime tradition of San Francisco
the city is one of the most vibrant ports on the west coastand the area hosts several military bases
One of the spells of San Francisco is it's Asian population that gives it an oriental air
besides having the most charming chinatown in U.S.
Another place not to be missed on a visit to San Francisco is the gay Castro neighborhood
with its rainbow flags
a lively town with charming good restaurants, cafes, bars and great nightlife
attracting gays and other tribes
Do you know how San Francisco became the Gay Mecca of the World?
A large credit goes to the US military!
that's right, during World War II many men who were expelled for being gay were processed at San Francisco bases
and many of these Gay men fell in love with the natural beauty of San Francisco and there stayed
San Francisco also can be seen as a museum of public transport in the open and moving
the city has retained its good public transport with cable cars of all ages