Guide To San Francisco Bay Area – Cointelegraph Magazine

This “Crypto City” guide looks at the San Francisco Bay Area’s crypto culture, its most notable projects and people, its financial infrastructure, which retailers accept crypto, and where you can find blockchain education courses. You really might leave your heart in San Francisco with all the projects in the Bay Area.

Fast facts

City: San Francisco

Country: United States

Population: 887,711

Founded: 1776

Language: English

The San Francisco Bay Area is a region in Northern California spanning the city of San Francisco and surrounding counties.

Understand

Though not the most populated part of California or the capital city, the San Francisco Bay Area is well-known for its iconic cable cars, views of the Golden Gate Bridge, and Silicon Valley — both the television series and the real-life tech hub. Originally a Spanish colony and later part of Mexico before becoming a city in the U.S. state of California, many residents live in buildings more than 100 years old.

The ‘Painted Ladies’ in San Francisco — *The Painted Ladies in San Francisco. Source: Pexels*

San Francisco is known for its proximity to the San Andreas Fault, responsible for some of the most devastating earthquakes in U.S. history, including one in 1906 that caused fires that burned down large sections of the city over several days. Another magnitude 6.9 quake hit the Bay Area in 1989, damaging the Bay Bridge between the downtown area and Oakland.

Because many historic buildings and picturesque places have endured despite the earthquakes — and nearby Napa Valley and its wineries may help — San Francisco attracts many tourists from all over the world and has been the filming location for movies too numerous to mention, including The Rock, Mrs. Doubtfire and The Matrix Resurrections. The city also includes the oldest Chinatown in North America, the former military base-turned-park Presidio, Golden Gate Park and the Mission District.

Neighboring cities are separated by the bay but are connected with a network of public transportation. Overall, more than 7 million people live in the area between the wine country in the north and Silicon Valley in the south. The city faces challenges, including one of the country’s largest populations of unhoused individuals, the rising cost of living and other issues common across large urban areas in the United States.