True ... but it ~is~ a small town, both in terms of area and in population.
However, it has some of the best restaurants in the San Francisco area, a
wonderfully diverse population, a deep cultural life, a large number of
theaters, a great university, some wonderful social aspects, art everywhere
(for example, a more diverse exhibition, albeit smaller) exhibition of
Ansel Adams' photographs than his 100th anniversary celebration and exhibit
at the SF MOMA a few years ago, the venue where Salgado has hung is
exhibition and given his talks and discussions, and so much more, But it's
a small town. And a lot more conservative in many respects than one might
think.
Shel
> [Original Message]
> From: keith_w
> John Forbes wrote:
>
> > A "little town like Berkeley"! Shel, you make it sound like some dorp
> > in the back of beyond. It is, I believe, one of the top university
> > towns in a country with reputedly the best universities in the world.
> > It would be surprising if it didn't have lots of wonderful things going
> > for it.
> >
> > John
>
> It's a small university town, filled to the brim and overflowing, with
> aged old hippies and *far* left liberal souls...
>
> They even made Angela Davis a professor. Go figure.
