Fascinating Facts

Listed below are some interested facts about the city of San Francisco the local area and its people:

There are over 14000 Victorian style homes in the Bay area
Seventeen ironworkers and 38 painters are required just to maintain the Golden Gate Bridge
Chinese fortune cookies and Irish Coffees were actually invented in San Francisco
Of all the worlds cities San Francisco has the 4th largest population of billionaires whilst having less than 10% of the population of any of the biggest 3 (New York, Moscow and London)

Denim jeans were invented in San Francisco to provide comfortable and tough clothing for local gold miners
The Napa valley has over 250 wineries
Contrary to popular belief there were no executions on Alcatraz there were however 5 suicides and 8 murders
There are 80,000 miles of wire in the 2 main cables of the Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge has only ever been closed 6 times in its 70 year history, 3 times for high winds, twice for visits by presidents for security reasons and once for its 50th anniversary
About 40 million people per year will cross the Golden Gate Bridge whist over 100 million will cross the Oakland Bay Bridge on the other side of the city
In terms of population San Francisco is only the fourth largest city in California and the 14th in the United State