Originally Posted By: sodak
That also goes for people that live in the "Bay Area". That term always amuses me. I have to ask, "What, Hudson Bay, Chesapeake Bay, Tampa Bay, Bay of Fundy, which is it?" Like there's only one Bay in the entire world....

I don't know what is so amusing. While there is more than one metroplex, there is one place known as The Metroplex for the term was coined for this area; only a few million people know this.

I don't know the history to know why the Bay Area is specific to the San Francisco Bay Area.

Jeanette Isabelle
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