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Enjorous:

--- Quote from: arianne on April 16, 2011, 06:28:08 AM ---Just wanted to ask...is Richmond the type of place where you are likely to have a house that has no other house around it for at least a few miles? In my mind's eye I'm thinking of a house kind of halfway up a hill, and it's a big, "stately" sort of place that might be able to pass for a mini castle, or maybe a private school, something like that?

And about the weather...Quantus mentioned "cold fog every morning". Is it like early morning, five am fog, or like real morning fog that lasts until nine or ten in the morning? And does the fog mean that it tends to rain a lot too?

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

*deep breath*

Sorry, there isn't a place in the Bay Area (the area including SF, Oakland, San Jose, Freemont, etc.) where those things exist. There are plenty of neighborhoods with very, very, very nice houses that are ginormous, however there isn't enough land in the area for estates of that size. Although Atherton comes close to having "mini castles"

such as

Which is selling for a paltry 6.9 million dollars.

As to the fog, it isn't every morning not by half, especially in the spring summer and parts of fall, unless you're counting high fog (also known as the marine layer) which just looks overcast until it finally burns away. It does tend to rain a lot and when you have low fog it feels very wet and heavy. There's more early morning fog that generally scatters with the sun, but again not as much in the summer time and not nearly as thick.

arianne:
Yeah, Muse, you hear that? NO STATELY HOUSES AVALIABLE!!!!

*Muse sighs*

Oh, well, it was a nice image while it lasted ;D

Back to the weather--does this mean that it rains more in the morning and afternoons and less so at night? (You know, if one were to base one's knowledge of San Fran on films and movies, one would believe that it NEVER rains in SF, except when the broken-hearted guy is walking--in slow motion--back home from his (ex) girfriend's house LOL)

Enjorous:
The rainy season is definitely from mid autumn to mid spring. And even then it doesn't rain constantly, it's weather is cool but not at all like that of Seattle. I would take a look at Weather Underground for details on when it is and isn't common to get rain.

MouseWynne:
I usually don't post in this thread but thought I'd add a bit more info -

1. Clubs/night clubs - North Beach area has the largest concentration of clubs and restaurants.
2. On the Pennsula south of San Francisco proper, Daly City, South San Francisco, San Bruno (where
the gas pipeline exploded).  In San Francisco, the Mission district and the area south of Market street
although that's becoming "Gentrified".
3. In SF itself, See 2 - Although I knew a guy who got mugged on Fisherman's Wharf. Suggest Googling
San Francisco Crime Maps for better information.
4. Marina District, Pacific Heights - although the lots in both of those areas are quite small.
Or San Bruno, Daly City and South SF also work.
5. I second City Lights Bookstore -
6. There are several shopping centers but SF doesn't really lend itself to malls.
7. Wiccan/Magic is quite common in S.F as are a number of non-Main stream religions

I'd Suggest also Googling San Francisco and looking at the combined Satellite/street map views

arianne:
I was just wondering, is it bad to set a story in a place you've never been to? And then I remembered that when JB set Harry Dresden down in Storm Front, he had never been to Chicago... ;D

Just curious though, is San Fran (in your minds, as people who have actually been there) an ideal spot atmosphere-wise for SF/fantasy, creepy-crawlies etc?

In my mind San Francisco is always dark, and the only thing you can see is the HUGE bridge and tons and tons of lights from the city buildings.  :)

Not very accurate, I know. Seeing as how it's not always dark and all. (duh, Muse).

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