I guess if you live in or around a city, to you that is THE city. And where I live, the Bay Area, San
Francisco is THE city. Not
Oakland, not San Jose, not Foster City (even though it has "city" in its name), but San
Francisco. And no one I know here calls it "Frisco"
Guy 1: hey I'm going into the city this Saturday, wanna come?
Guy 2: depends. what city?
Guy 1: San
Francisco dumfuck! What did you
think I ment, Boise
fucking Idaho???
Guy 2: you could have been talking about San Jose...