Apologies to my friend Steve, who grew up in Fresno and understandably was not amused by the gross generalizations and tone in my previous post ("a tone that infects the Bay Area like the plague... elistism in it's purest form"). Perhaps I too easily granted myself license to bag on the Central Valley, having made twice-yearly trips down there since I was in the womb. Steve flip-flopped my post for a good counterpoint about San Francisco. For your reading pleasure and an alternative viewpoint on our fair city, I give you 'Small Town Mind.'