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Mallory | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Chicago is the Windy City!
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Eshara | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Ohh my bad 🥲 it’s also windy there too? Damn. Why do they call SF emerald city?🥹
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Mallory | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Seattle is the Emerald City. I’m assuming because the Pacific Northwest is very green. 

San Francisco is the city by the bay. It can be windy. The fog that rolls in has a name, Karl. 

Karl the Fog: San Francisco's Most Mysterious Resident (Humor Book, California Pop Culture Book) https://a.co/d/5A63DnJ
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triskal | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Huh. TIL that the SF for is named Karl. 

Sad is awesome because it has many different micro-climates.
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triskal | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 *SF fog
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triskal | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 *SF is awesome… 

Wow, my autocorrect is on a roll today.
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Mallory | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I joked I lived in the fog layer because my favorite color was grey.