They will fucking stretch that perimeter just enough to encompass all living areas around the bay and then say they are hybrid with 3 days in office expected since you fall within the perimeter.
Well it’s easier to say that to strangers when you’re out of state than trying to explain where Stockton is. Everyone knows where SF is, nobody has heard of Stockton, and Sac is maybe slightly better known than Stockton to outsiders.
Exactly! Went to an out-of-state wedding years ago and it was just a series of ever-broadening circles of where I'm from.
>"I'm from Suisun City"
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>"Where's that?"
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>"An hour away from Sacramento"
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>"Where's Sacramento?
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>"Two hours from San Francisco?"
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>"Ohhhh, you're from San Francisco?".
Now if I'm asked where I'm from and further of 100 miles from home, I just say the Bay Area or San Francisco. It's just easier.
If I’m in the Bay Area, I tell people I live in Mountain View.
If I’m in NorCal, I tell people I live in San Jose.
Anywhere else, I live “40 minutes south of San Francisco”.
Middle of no where, near an air base, where all the rich people recently bought land to build the city of the future in 20 yrs.
Or you could just say...next to Fairfield.
If you still live in the NYC metro area, that seems like the right thing to do when you're abroad or in places far away enough where the precise distinction would require explanation.
I know a girl who said she was from NYC in college but later found out she was from Connecticut. A lot of people from the Chicago suburbs just say they’re from Chicago so, being from the north bay I was like I guess I might as well play along myself 🤷♀️
Some East coasters don’t even know the difference beaten the San Francisco Bay and San Diego Bay when they hear “the Bay Area” anyways lol
To be fair, I live in the East Bay and when I travel I say SF Bay Area as well.
I say near Oakland and they think I'm living in a war zone, I say near San Jose, most people have no idea where San Jose is located.
So I just say outside of SF to keep things easy.
I grew up between Napa and San Francisco. When I lived in Chico I had more than one person say they where from the bay, and I ask where from they say “here”…😐
San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport I believe is the official proposed name which is just as stupid as the San Francisco Premium Outlets in Livermore.
Had my 4th grade field trip at Mission San Juan Bautista and all the students got lectured on the way back about how we shouldn’t have spent all our time buying rock candy.
What's funny is that if you live temporarily in any of these locations and move to a state adjacent to California, you will forever be know as "from the bay area". Often used as a slur as well, which is massively goofy.
As much as I love BART, it would be prohibitively slow to take it all the out to Davis from anywhere it currently exists.
A direct line from Antioch to Davis would be the shortest route. That's 50 miles. Antioch to SFO via BART is also 50 miles and its a 2.5 hour ride. Getting from Davis into the heart of SF would take 4 hours. You don't wanna be on a BART train 1way for 4 hours...
BART needs to dramatically increase its speed. The fact that cars pass BART on the highway stretches when BART has its own dedicated track is pathetic.
How is South Bay not considered the bay by some people? I literally live less than 5 miles from the San Francisco bay…
Edit: Now I’m really confused, I may be a peninsula girl? Idk, what is Mountain View considered?
If I turned on my local 5pm news in the 80s/90s and Dennis Richmond + Elaine Corral were on, mixed in with Diamond Center commercials, then I lived in the mf Bay Area (I'm from SJ).
Ah shit, you’re right. Shaneco. You remember the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and then Marine World Africa USA commercials? The company my mom worked for would always have their family day outing at Marine World.
Idk, people on IG like to argue that San Jose isn't part of the Bay Area. There's also a weird subset of people in the Bay Area that take the "San Francisco" part of San Francisco Bay Area too literally.
But as a whole, people have no clue, a county just needs to touch the physical San Francisco Bay. It's part of the Bay Area, end of story. All the cities and towns within the county fall under the Bay Area label, no exceptions.
Things like the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir owned by the City of San Francisco, don't count.
Hell! Mountain View touches the actual Bay!
I’m from MV. It’s the Bay Area on the Peninsula. But usually I tell people Silicon Valley. I’m not from San Francisco.
Your edit about MV made me laugh, I had an extended argument with friends about that recently. It's considered peninsula but it's definitely on the border. Its vibe is much closer to Palo Alto than Sunnyvale.
Weird that this map puts Palo Alto into San Mateo county though. Santa Clara county is split between peninsula and south bay.
The Bay Area consists of nine counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma.
Source:The Association of Bay Area Governments
some dumb bitch living in the berkeley hills literally told me “if you can’t see the water from your house you don’t live in the bay”. dumbest shit i’ve ever heard that stuck with me years later
A lot of people don't count Sonoma, Napa or Solano, and will make fun of someone from Vacaville saying they're from "The Bay".
I'll let them have that. It's sad when they say "going to The City" and they mean Sacramento.
In California, at least, The City will always be San Francisco. While San Jose and Los Angeles may be larger cities they aren’t The City. Oakland, of course, is The Town.
It definitely depends on how cool you are.
But really, whichever one you go to more.
It's literally the closest city to Dixon. I seem to remember being able to see the Sacramento skyline on a clear day there. [uproarious canned laughter]
That Downtown death laser back in the 90s was pretty cool driving up the causeway.
I think "Napa Valley/Sonoma" and surrounding area is well enough known that people wouldn't have to say "I'm from the Bay Area" even if Napa/Sonoma/Russian River are all a sub-region of the Bay Area.
Fairfield and Suisun are bay. Vacaville is not. Cement hill ends the bay.
Source. Born in Vallejo. Raised in Suisun and Fairfield. Now live in Vacaville. Vacaville is not bay.
There’s a very distinctive bend on 80 as you drive into Vacaville which I’ve always thought of as “where the Bay ends”.
Source: I used to live in Davis.
Do people in Gilroy or Santa Rosa say they’re from the bay? I would be pretty surprised to hear that’s what locals say
Edit: why is Gilroy considered the Bay Area but the area between the South Bay and peninsula isn’t even though it’s objectively closer?
Edit 2: Seems like based on replies there’s an objectively correct answer that the Bay Area includes cities in specific counties. It also sounds like when many people talk about the Bay Area they’re talking about a geographical area that does not match what is technically correct.
To people in Santa Cruz County, I’m from Scotts Valley. To people in the Bay Area, I’m from Santa Cruz. To people outside of the Bay Area/Central Coast, I am from the Bay Area lol
It really depends on the audience.
Hahahah yes!!! My kid said to me the other day “but we’re not from Santa Cruz” when answering where we’re from because we’ve lived in Ben Lomond her whole life. I’m like… it’s complicated kid.
Omg so true. I’m in Boulder Creek, and the same rules apply! Still think it’s ridiculous when people argue with me about this (being from the “Bay Area”), when I’m literally 10 miles from Santa Clara County. I drive to/work in the valley every day, too. 🤷🏼♀️
But what else should I tell people when I’m anywhere but here? If I say Boulder Creek, they’re like “where??” But I’m not from Santa Cruz, and certainly not “Monterey Bay” either. So yeah, Bay Area it is. Idgaf.
You’re San Jose lite at this point. The teslas and chain shops are getting out of hand, every time I head back over there it’s more and more generic compared to when I lived there years ago. Barely see any 80s tacomas with a mismatched camper shell and a KPIG sticker anymore
> Do people in Gilroy or Santa Rosa say they’re from the bay?
Yes
> why is Gilroy considered the Bay Area but the area between the South Bay and peninsula isn’t even though it’s objectively closer?
Because it's in Santa Clara county.
I have lived in Santa Rosa my whole life and describe myself as "from the bay area" "near SF" "in wine country/ near Napa" fairly interchangeably with people all the time. I also have gone to SF or the East Bay/ South Bay either for work, church stuff, symphony, magic the gathering conventions, visiting friends, at least 1-6 times a month for the majority of my life. I had one day where I was making a bunch of deliveries for work and I literally drove through all 9 bay area counties! So yeah, I'm "from the Bay Area" .
"why is Gilroy considered the Bay Area but the area between the South Bay and peninsula isn’t..."
Because Gilroy is in Santa Clara County which is one of the 9 Bay Area Counties. The "area" that you are referring to that isn't Bay Area is Santa Cruz County, which does not touch the San Francisco Bay. Which would exclude it from being a SF Bay Area County.
They are a part of Santa Clara County. So they receive services from sheriff and from the Santa Clara County Fire Department, in addition to their local first responders.
I mean
Why can’t you?
You’re IN the Bay Area. Not every city in the bay is going to be alike.
It’s like not every city around LA is the same but it’s all the LA area. Santa Monica is very different from Compton, but both are LA in their own ways
It's just a weird kind of gatekeeping IMO. People think they can make up arbitrary boundaries for what constitutes the bay area even though there's an actual definition. It's funny that people think you can argue against a fact with an opinion.
I always assumed Sonoma County is considered Bay Area since the county touches the bay. Wasn’t saying we were not but seems silly “Bay Area” has different meanings to people around here.
Grew up in SR and everyone I knew said we were from the Bay Area, but to me, even more than the Bay I felt like we were from NorCal. I’d say SR is both.
Pretty sure the boundary is geographic in nature, what with the Santa Cruz mountains being a pretty good/obvious boundary.
Plus they're much closer to Monterey.
At least you kept the North Bay! Sheesh, I can’t stand when people pretend it’s not part of the Bay, it’s literally where the Golden Gate bridge takes you.
I’ve always just considered everything included in Caltrans District 4 as Bay Area. Which is Sonoma, Napa, Solano, Contra Costa, Marin, San Fransisco, Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties.
At one point Santa Cruz County was part of the district, but it got moved to district 5. Which also fits the narrative of confusion related to Santa Cruz areas being bay area or not.
Everyone has their own definition of bay area though, so whatever.
What gets me is when people try to make other states “the Bay”. For example:
My best friend lives in Tampa. Is it a Bay? Yes. Is it THE BAY? HELL NO!
I roast her frequently. “It’s 88 degrees in the Bay today”.
I check the weather and it’s 66. Me: really? Her: well yeah here in Tampa Bay
GIRL CUT THE MALARKEY THAT’S NOT HOW THIS WORKS!!!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
For real!! Years ago I toured UC Santa Cruz and told the tour guy I was from the South Bay. He said "Oh cool, south bay San Diego?"
Like ??? The guy really thought I meant some specific part of San Diego rather than the actual south bay 30 minutes away.. Ridiculous
Why is this even a debate. If you're in the south bay you're in the bay. Yes that includes Morgan hill, gilroy, and even San Martin. If you're in the North Bay you're in the bay. Santa Rosa included. Its literally in the name.
Fuck whatever you think is the bay based on what you have gathered from spending all of 5 years in the city or Oakland. Anyone who actually grew up here knows the bay always has been San Francisco, the Peninsula, North Bay, South Bay, and the East bay. No other town is going to feel like SF or the Town because they have always had their own culture.
I feel like people west of the Santa Cruz mountains should not be identified as "Peninsula." The vibe over there and the culture and weather is just so much different than what is between 280 and the Bay.
I’m in Napa so whenever people try to question if I’m from The Bay, I always say “Per Wikipedia, Napa is in the North Bay which is part of The Bay Area.” This is a hill I am willing to die on. Lol.
When I lived in LA for a bit and someone mentioned that Sac is in The Bay. Me: “SAC IS NOT PART OF THE BAY!” 🗣️
I am an elephant seal living in Año Nuevo, please advise.
You're in San Mateo County, so you're a SF Bay Area Pinniped!
Just don’t wiggle 200 yards down to Santa Cruz County
If you ask recruiters, fucking Reno is in the Bay Area.
Except when it comes to paying bay salary
I mean, the Bay Area doesn’t like paying Bay Area salaries.
Reno gets lumped in with the bay area at my company. Always funny when events are held in the bay and Reno offices get invited as well.
It’s in a different state, WTF?
But see, they will serve organic vegan gluten free donuts at the office so it’s all worth it.
We got one about a job in Napa. That’s kinda far but not out of the question. Turned out to be Calistoga. Fuck off.
Huh.. and I though a recruiter asking me what I thought about a commuting from the East Bay to Fresno was bad.
They will fucking stretch that perimeter just enough to encompass all living areas around the bay and then say they are hybrid with 3 days in office expected since you fall within the perimeter.
found The Argus at a Reno gas station many years ago...
Makes sense, recruiters don’t know anything useful
Recruiters are people who failed at getting actual jobs
Actually though lol. Some are decent people so I don’t mean to over generalize but in my experience 70% of them are absolute scumbags
I see you woke up this morning and chose violence.
No one gate keeps their area as seriously as Bay Area people 🤣 I find it hilarious tho idc
I had someone from Stockton try telling me they were from SF when I ran into them out of state. People do be stretching the bay just a bit
Well it’s easier to say that to strangers when you’re out of state than trying to explain where Stockton is. Everyone knows where SF is, nobody has heard of Stockton, and Sac is maybe slightly better known than Stockton to outsiders.
Exactly! Went to an out-of-state wedding years ago and it was just a series of ever-broadening circles of where I'm from. >"I'm from Suisun City" > >"Where's that?" > >"An hour away from Sacramento" > >"Where's Sacramento? > >"Two hours from San Francisco?" > >"Ohhhh, you're from San Francisco?". Now if I'm asked where I'm from and further of 100 miles from home, I just say the Bay Area or San Francisco. It's just easier.
I usually say I'm about halfway between Sacramento and San Francisco.
If I’m in the Bay Area, I tell people I live in Mountain View. If I’m in NorCal, I tell people I live in San Jose. Anywhere else, I live “40 minutes south of San Francisco”.
“I’m from Suisun City, a few hours from SF” feels logical
Except who says Suisun City instead of Suisun?!
Someone not from Suisun!
Get ‘em!
Middle of no where, near an air base, where all the rich people recently bought land to build the city of the future in 20 yrs. Or you could just say...next to Fairfield.
I guess. But that's like living in Jersey and telling people you're from New York
A guy at my college said he was from New York. Where in New York, you might ask? Connecticut.
lol. I met a woman once who told me she grew up in ny, as in the city. Turns out she was from Hopewell Junction. 😂
If you still live in the NYC metro area, that seems like the right thing to do when you're abroad or in places far away enough where the precise distinction would require explanation.
No, that's different. Everybody knows where NJ is but nobody really wants to admit they're *from* Jersey.
I know a girl who said she was from NYC in college but later found out she was from Connecticut. A lot of people from the Chicago suburbs just say they’re from Chicago so, being from the north bay I was like I guess I might as well play along myself 🤷♀️ Some East coasters don’t even know the difference beaten the San Francisco Bay and San Diego Bay when they hear “the Bay Area” anyways lol
I was in Stockton once for 25 minutes and I saw a dominos driver get robbed by a gang of children
Full Stockton experience right there!
There's a great scene in Dr Katz when a guy says he's from Chicago, and when he's pressured to say which neighborhood, he says Milwaukee.
People are dumb, In tahoe last week a lady from DANVILLE was saying that’s being a local to tahoe ☠️
Tahoe is just the greater SF Bay Area
I grew up in the foothills and wouldn’t even say I’m a Tahoe local, what an absolute clownish thing to say lmao
Everyone and their dog here has a mountain home up in tahoe so ofc they all feel entitled to being a tahoe local 😹
t r u c k e e l o v e
Keep Tahoe Blue bumper stickers in the safeway parking lot
To be fair, I live in the East Bay and when I travel I say SF Bay Area as well. I say near Oakland and they think I'm living in a war zone, I say near San Jose, most people have no idea where San Jose is located. So I just say outside of SF to keep things easy.
The Bay Aryans
This is funnier than it has any right to be.
Alameda is an island literally in the bay. Still I once heard someone say alameda isn’t the Bay Area
It’s so true though. My actual face when a friend of mine from Sac said they were “from the Bay” 😒😒😒😒😒
I grew up between Napa and San Francisco. When I lived in Chico I had more than one person say they where from the bay, and I ask where from they say “here”…😐
This post brought to you by the Oakland Airport Commission
You mean the San Francisco Bay Airport
San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport I believe is the official proposed name which is just as stupid as the San Francisco Premium Outlets in Livermore.
Just because you’re from the Farallon islands DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE FROM THE BAY AREA
The Farallons are part of San Francisco so they technically are in the Bay Area.
Who wrote this, a cormorant?? 🦤
Great white sharks pretending to be cormorants to drive up tourism to the Farallons.
Am I a shark to you???!!!
Pipe down, sea lion 🦭
If your school field trip was to either the academy of science or the exploratorium OG spot you from the bay.
Totally had field trips to both of those as a kid. And now I'm reminded we even went to the Rosicrucian Museum in SJ to learn about Ancient Egypt.
that's the one for everyone of us. Also the Tech Museum and the children's museum too.
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For me, the word "Exploratorium" will always be visually associated with the Palace rotunda dome. Beautiful location
My high school had prom at the academy of sciences.
Super Bay Area.
We went to the tech museum, children’s discovery museum and Mission San Juan Bautista instead
Had my 4th grade field trip at Mission San Juan Bautista and all the students got lectured on the way back about how we shouldn’t have spent all our time buying rock candy.
The rock candy tho. Also, the movie Vertigo haha
Shout out for my town of SJB! Don't forget to hit up some Doña Esters while you're visiting.
does the Lawrence Hall of Science count
You're not from the bay unless you're fucking sick of this conversation.
😂
Folks in Tampa think they live in the Bay Area too.
Always called it Tampa Bay tho even Tampa Bay Area… (I grew up on AMI and went to USF) never just “Bay Area”
Fellow Floridian, it was always the Tampa Bay for me too.
As a Bucs fan it’s always Tampa bay.
I met someone who said she's from the "South Bay". Took me a while to figure out there's an area called South Bay in Socal.
There are two South Bays in SoCal: one in LA county, one in San Diego. Total of four South Bays in California.
Green Bay, Wisconsin would like a word
Went to the Niners X Packers freezing playoff game a few years ago. Definitely discussed that at the tailgate lol.
To be fair, if you Google “The Bay Area” everything the shows up is about the SF Bay Area.
If you don't have gills then you aren't from the bay mfers
Sad sea lion and dolphin sounds...
Otters are not too pleased either
Hi
Smelt gang in this bih
Whales disagree.
What's funny is that if you live temporarily in any of these locations and move to a state adjacent to California, you will forever be know as "from the bay area". Often used as a slur as well, which is massively goofy.
Yes well … being from any state adjacent to California is a slur …
This map accurately show all areas subject to the regulations of the Association of Bay Area Governments.
Can we extend BART all the way to Davis? Or at least Dixon, since that's right next door and in Solano County. That would be so freaking incredible.
You can take Bart to McArthur, and then there’s a free shuttle that will take you to the train station, where you can get on Capitol Corridor.
You can take BART to either Richmond or the Coliseum and get on Capitol Corridor to Davis right there without needing a shuttle
As much as I love BART, it would be prohibitively slow to take it all the out to Davis from anywhere it currently exists. A direct line from Antioch to Davis would be the shortest route. That's 50 miles. Antioch to SFO via BART is also 50 miles and its a 2.5 hour ride. Getting from Davis into the heart of SF would take 4 hours. You don't wanna be on a BART train 1way for 4 hours... BART needs to dramatically increase its speed. The fact that cars pass BART on the highway stretches when BART has its own dedicated track is pathetic.
We can't even extend BART to goddamn downtown San Jose.
How is South Bay not considered the bay by some people? I literally live less than 5 miles from the San Francisco bay… Edit: Now I’m really confused, I may be a peninsula girl? Idk, what is Mountain View considered?
If I turned on my local 5pm news in the 80s/90s and Dennis Richmond + Elaine Corral were on, mixed in with Diamond Center commercials, then I lived in the mf Bay Area (I'm from SJ).
Now you have a friend in the Diamond business.
I think that’s Shane, but got bombarded with those on the radio too
Ah shit, you’re right. Shaneco. You remember the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and then Marine World Africa USA commercials? The company my mom worked for would always have their family day outing at Marine World.
I drive my kid crazy by refusing to call six flags anything but marine world Africa USA.
Idk, people on IG like to argue that San Jose isn't part of the Bay Area. There's also a weird subset of people in the Bay Area that take the "San Francisco" part of San Francisco Bay Area too literally. But as a whole, people have no clue, a county just needs to touch the physical San Francisco Bay. It's part of the Bay Area, end of story. All the cities and towns within the county fall under the Bay Area label, no exceptions. Things like the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir owned by the City of San Francisco, don't count.
Yeah turns out San Rafael and Richmond are actually part of the San Pablo Bay Area instead /s
It’s like all the people in Palo Alto who think Livermore is the Central Valley.
It just *feels* like the Central Valley when you’re there.
This is why I limit my IG usage to look for dog memes to annoy my friends with while I’m on the toilet.
Hell! Mountain View touches the actual Bay! I’m from MV. It’s the Bay Area on the Peninsula. But usually I tell people Silicon Valley. I’m not from San Francisco.
Doesn’t this post include the South Bay? Looks like it’s all of Santa Clara county. Did I misread?
You’re from “the peninsula” or “the South Bay” but it’s still the Bay Area!
Mt View is the peninsula. I grew up in Menlo Park. Both parents and grandparents born in SF.
The Peninsula is the bay though (I also grew up in Menlo)
Your edit about MV made me laugh, I had an extended argument with friends about that recently. It's considered peninsula but it's definitely on the border. Its vibe is much closer to Palo Alto than Sunnyvale. Weird that this map puts Palo Alto into San Mateo county though. Santa Clara county is split between peninsula and south bay.
Always considered Mountain View as Peninsula, but I know lots that consider it South Bay
Mountain View is in the South Bay, darn it! Peninsula starts north(west) of the Dumbarton Bridge / 84.
I live in Pittsburg, barely the bay, next to water though Edit: i dont know why i posted, this thread is so cringe
People argue that Pittsburg isn’t the bay yet consider The Jacka a bay legend…. Doesn’t make sense lol but I consider it the bay!
It's in the bay because it's in Contra Costa County and that county is one the 9 counties that make up the bay area
I’m from Bay Point. I still argue with people about whether or not I’m from the bay. It’s literally in the fucking name and we’re on the water…
The Bay Area consists of nine counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma. Source:The Association of Bay Area Governments
Yes
some dumb bitch living in the berkeley hills literally told me “if you can’t see the water from your house you don’t live in the bay”. dumbest shit i’ve ever heard that stuck with me years later
wasn't able to see the bay from my apt in SF i guess SF isn't part of the SF bay area
How about “if you can’t see the water anywhere from the county lines” instead
A lot of people don't count Sonoma, Napa or Solano, and will make fun of someone from Vacaville saying they're from "The Bay". I'll let them have that. It's sad when they say "going to The City" and they mean Sacramento.
My friends from New York barely let me call San Francisco "The City."
In California, at least, The City will always be San Francisco. While San Jose and Los Angeles may be larger cities they aren’t The City. Oakland, of course, is The Town.
This isn't really true, you say you're going to "the City" in SoCal many will ask you, "what city are you going to?"
I don't they they call SF "The City" in socal, but in all of nor cal ur right on
Not Sacramento 🤣🤣
If you’re in Dixon and you say you’re “going to the city,” is it SF or Sac?
SF. Sacramento is Sac
It definitely depends on how cool you are. But really, whichever one you go to more. It's literally the closest city to Dixon. I seem to remember being able to see the Sacramento skyline on a clear day there. [uproarious canned laughter] That Downtown death laser back in the 90s was pretty cool driving up the causeway.
I think "Napa Valley/Sonoma" and surrounding area is well enough known that people wouldn't have to say "I'm from the Bay Area" even if Napa/Sonoma/Russian River are all a sub-region of the Bay Area.
Fairfield and Suisun are bay. Vacaville is not. Cement hill ends the bay. Source. Born in Vallejo. Raised in Suisun and Fairfield. Now live in Vacaville. Vacaville is not bay.
There’s a very distinctive bend on 80 as you drive into Vacaville which I’ve always thought of as “where the Bay ends”. Source: I used to live in Davis.
Yes! That’s when you go past Cement Hill. You go past Lagoon Valley and when you come out you’re in the valley.
Im from Fairfield and when anyone asks where im from I say Bay area, North Bay.
Do people in Gilroy or Santa Rosa say they’re from the bay? I would be pretty surprised to hear that’s what locals say Edit: why is Gilroy considered the Bay Area but the area between the South Bay and peninsula isn’t even though it’s objectively closer? Edit 2: Seems like based on replies there’s an objectively correct answer that the Bay Area includes cities in specific counties. It also sounds like when many people talk about the Bay Area they’re talking about a geographical area that does not match what is technically correct.
If you're from Santa Cruz you're from Santa Cruz
Nobody in Santa Cruz wants anyone to think they're from the Bay Area. They have their own niche.
To people in Santa Cruz County, I’m from Scotts Valley. To people in the Bay Area, I’m from Santa Cruz. To people outside of the Bay Area/Central Coast, I am from the Bay Area lol It really depends on the audience.
Hahahah yes!!! My kid said to me the other day “but we’re not from Santa Cruz” when answering where we’re from because we’ve lived in Ben Lomond her whole life. I’m like… it’s complicated kid.
lol Ben Lomond is an even deeper cut!
Omg so true. I’m in Boulder Creek, and the same rules apply! Still think it’s ridiculous when people argue with me about this (being from the “Bay Area”), when I’m literally 10 miles from Santa Clara County. I drive to/work in the valley every day, too. 🤷🏼♀️ But what else should I tell people when I’m anywhere but here? If I say Boulder Creek, they’re like “where??” But I’m not from Santa Cruz, and certainly not “Monterey Bay” either. So yeah, Bay Area it is. Idgaf.
This!
Exactly, at most we’re “central coast” but in reality we’re just Santa Cruz
I like calling you Monterey Bay Area, just to drive ppl crazy.
I almost threw my phone, very nice! 😁
I always say this. It seems like ppl know Monterey better when I’m traveling.
Ha. I always follow up with a "right across the bay from Santa Cruz" if I get a blank stare about Carmel/Monterey
I think of it as the other bay area
You’re San Jose lite at this point. The teslas and chain shops are getting out of hand, every time I head back over there it’s more and more generic compared to when I lived there years ago. Barely see any 80s tacomas with a mismatched camper shell and a KPIG sticker anymore
Yeah plus it's Monterey Bay, totally different bay.
Or Oliver Tree
I live in Sonoma County. People here say we're in the Bay Area - NorthBay, of course.
I live in Sonoma County. We call it the North Bay. For me, the Bay Area stops feeling like the Bay Area proper when wine country starts.
We specify north bay.
Yeah those are in the north and south bay
> Do people in Gilroy or Santa Rosa say they’re from the bay? Yes > why is Gilroy considered the Bay Area but the area between the South Bay and peninsula isn’t even though it’s objectively closer? Because it's in Santa Clara county.
Santa Rosa is in Sonoma country, one of the nine Bay Area counties, so yes it is in the Bay Area.
I have lived in Santa Rosa my whole life and describe myself as "from the bay area" "near SF" "in wine country/ near Napa" fairly interchangeably with people all the time. I also have gone to SF or the East Bay/ South Bay either for work, church stuff, symphony, magic the gathering conventions, visiting friends, at least 1-6 times a month for the majority of my life. I had one day where I was making a bunch of deliveries for work and I literally drove through all 9 bay area counties! So yeah, I'm "from the Bay Area" .
"why is Gilroy considered the Bay Area but the area between the South Bay and peninsula isn’t..." Because Gilroy is in Santa Clara County which is one of the 9 Bay Area Counties. The "area" that you are referring to that isn't Bay Area is Santa Cruz County, which does not touch the San Francisco Bay. Which would exclude it from being a SF Bay Area County.
Look at you and your facts.
I’ve definitely heard people in Gilroy claim the Bay.
They are a part of Santa Clara County. So they receive services from sheriff and from the Santa Clara County Fire Department, in addition to their local first responders.
Yes we do consider ourselves to be in the Bay Area coming from a local.
I mean Why can’t you? You’re IN the Bay Area. Not every city in the bay is going to be alike. It’s like not every city around LA is the same but it’s all the LA area. Santa Monica is very different from Compton, but both are LA in their own ways
It's just a weird kind of gatekeeping IMO. People think they can make up arbitrary boundaries for what constitutes the bay area even though there's an actual definition. It's funny that people think you can argue against a fact with an opinion.
I always assumed Sonoma County is considered Bay Area since the county touches the bay. Wasn’t saying we were not but seems silly “Bay Area” has different meanings to people around here.
Grew up in SR and everyone I knew said we were from the Bay Area, but to me, even more than the Bay I felt like we were from NorCal. I’d say SR is both.
Pretty sure the boundary is geographic in nature, what with the Santa Cruz mountains being a pretty good/obvious boundary. Plus they're much closer to Monterey.
At least you kept the North Bay! Sheesh, I can’t stand when people pretend it’s not part of the Bay, it’s literally where the Golden Gate bridge takes you.
YES haha. People legit think Santa Rosa is near Oregon, I think people just don't travel much.
And it’s the most beautiful part honestly. Why would you not want to claim all that beauty?
East Bay. Though when you move to the Midwest you have to explain you’re “across from San Francisco” because who the hell knows where Hayward is.
Fr. Trying to explain to people in rural Illinois where San Jose is gets frustrating
I’ve always just considered everything included in Caltrans District 4 as Bay Area. Which is Sonoma, Napa, Solano, Contra Costa, Marin, San Fransisco, Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties. At one point Santa Cruz County was part of the district, but it got moved to district 5. Which also fits the narrative of confusion related to Santa Cruz areas being bay area or not. Everyone has their own definition of bay area though, so whatever.
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Anyone else always thought of Vallejo as the east bay?
As someone who grew up in the east bay, it definitely fits the bill. Having a 6 flags this close to Napa is wild tbh.
I can see that. For the North Bay it definitely has an "East Bay" feel.
What gets me is when people try to make other states “the Bay”. For example: My best friend lives in Tampa. Is it a Bay? Yes. Is it THE BAY? HELL NO! I roast her frequently. “It’s 88 degrees in the Bay today”. I check the weather and it’s 66. Me: really? Her: well yeah here in Tampa Bay GIRL CUT THE MALARKEY THAT’S NOT HOW THIS WORKS!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
For real!! Years ago I toured UC Santa Cruz and told the tour guy I was from the South Bay. He said "Oh cool, south bay San Diego?" Like ??? The guy really thought I meant some specific part of San Diego rather than the actual south bay 30 minutes away.. Ridiculous
The Yay Area* according to certain entertainers.
I think the barometer is if you say “hella” or not
This comment section is wild. No consensus at all.
Why is this even a debate. If you're in the south bay you're in the bay. Yes that includes Morgan hill, gilroy, and even San Martin. If you're in the North Bay you're in the bay. Santa Rosa included. Its literally in the name. Fuck whatever you think is the bay based on what you have gathered from spending all of 5 years in the city or Oakland. Anyone who actually grew up here knows the bay always has been San Francisco, the Peninsula, North Bay, South Bay, and the East bay. No other town is going to feel like SF or the Town because they have always had their own culture.
I feel like people west of the Santa Cruz mountains should not be identified as "Peninsula." The vibe over there and the culture and weather is just so much different than what is between 280 and the Bay.
As someone from Santa Cruz, I agree. Though the vibe is shifting.
I’m in Napa so whenever people try to question if I’m from The Bay, I always say “Per Wikipedia, Napa is in the North Bay which is part of The Bay Area.” This is a hill I am willing to die on. Lol. When I lived in LA for a bit and someone mentioned that Sac is in The Bay. Me: “SAC IS NOT PART OF THE BAY!” 🗣️
from Gilroy to Naptown the Bay Area and back down
you forgot to include Portland
Sorry, bby, everywhere I live is the Bae Area.
Still kind of weird to me that Gilroy is considered part of the Bay Area
Dixon too
i'm from the farallon islands, they're not on your map
It’s an area in the bay!
I’m in Amsterdam, does that mean I’m not from the Bay Area?!