San Francisco boycotts over half of the USA.

Brookswood

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It seems that San Francisco prohibits the city government from doing business with companies whose US headquarters are in state that do things the Frisco disapproves of. A total of 28 states are on the list.

I find this attitude to be extremely hypocritical considering that SF gets its water supply by damming Yosemtie National Park. As far as I know SF is the only city that ever dammed a USA national park to get its water.

San Francisco makes this hard. It makes it expensive. A March 4 memorandum from City Administrator Carmen Chu reveals that San Francisco will not enter into contracts with businesses headquartered in most of the United States — 28 states in all. Official travel to those states is also forbidden. And this list includes some surprises: Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Wisconsin.
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  • Alabama
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Idaho
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • New Hampshire
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Pennsylvania
  • South Carolina
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming

This list was last updated on March 6, 2022.
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It appears that the "Issue" is States with restrictive rules on Abortion, and birth control. Things must be doing really good in San Francisco if that cities government puts a priority on this subject.
 
JimBob1952 said:
Since there were only 11 states in the confederacy, the answer would be no. I don't recall Wisconsin being a big slave state.

San Francisco is an insane asylum. As sane people move out, it becomes crazier and crazier.
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Oh, I was joking.

I actually lived in San Francisco for a couple of months in 1980. I don't disagree about the craziness. Not at all. Certainly then.

Great national parks in California though! Redwoods, Sequoia.
 
JimBob1952 said:
Yes, nice scenery. Too bad about the rest.
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I would say that between the Bay Area and the weirdness of LA and the entertainment industry, it has to come in as one of the weirdest places on earth. Hells Angels too. Unfortunately, I met some at a rest stop while traveling. They were going to jump me and put me in a hospital, but I was quick with some jokes and they started to laugh...and then left me alone.
 
Oh, let me explain my "incident" with the Hell's Angels more clearly. Because it was actually very weird and ended up being fun.

So, I am at this rest stop, a gang of those bikers come in...maybe 20 or 30.

At the time, I am doing something incredibly weird and nerdy. I am eating a grapefruit like an apple, holding the entire thing in my hand and eating it like an apple.

One of the "Angels" think this is incredibly funny and he decides to pick on me. He walks over towards me and goes, "Nice grapefruit."


And I knew that was a prelude to a beating.

Now, I knew that I had another grapefruit in my backpack.

So, I quickly unzipped my pack, got out the other grapefruit...and I went into a mock quarterback stance, like I was playing football.

I called out signals and threw the Hell's Angel guy a (really good) football pass with the grapefruit. And he caught it. He thought that was the funniest thing. And he just smiled at me and let me go.

Weird moment in time, but fun (at least looking back on it).

"Blue 82, Green 27, hut, hut, hut..."
 
Brookswood said:
San Francisco Boycotts Over Half the USA
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This thread reminds me of this...
California has their warning labels stuck on everything from foods to a fish statue I bought at Homegoods once that said the chemicals used to make the statue could cause cancer. Of course I'd touched it...only way to read the label underneath...too late :giggle:

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I agree with SF's stance on LGBTQ and women's rights. As they say, money talks, b******* walks. As with any other entity, the city of San Francisco has the right to choose where to spend its money.

As for California haters, first take the plank out of your own eye so you can see clearly enough to remove the speck from someone else's. There isn't a state in the union nor a country on the planet without serious flaws. We're all just doing the best we can.
 

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