What is the San Francisco Bay Area?
Q: What is the San Francisco Bay Area?
A: The San Francisco Bay Area is a metropolitan area that goes around the San Francisco Bay in Northern California. It includes the cities of San Francisco, San José, and Oakland, and their many suburbs as well as smaller urban and rural areas of the North Bay.
Q: How many people live in the San Francisco Bay Area?
A: Over seven million people live in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Q: What is the size of the metropolitan area in terms of population?
A: The San Francisco Bay Area is the 43rd largest metropolitan area in the world in population.
Q: Which city is currently the largest city in terms of population?
A: Since 1990, San José has been the largest city in terms of population.
Q: What was historically considered to be most populous city?
A: For most of its history, San Francisco was considered to be most populous city.
Q: Why does everyone pay attention to San Francisco?
A: Despite being no longer considered to be most populous city, it is still major cultural center and thus people pay attention to it more than other cities within region.
Q: How do different parts of this region connect with each other?
A: Different parts are connected by means of a public transport system called 'Bay Area Rapid Transit'.
