San Francisco vs. Los Angeles: Which City Rules the West Coast?
It’s a rivalry with battle lines drawn long ago. Angelenos dismiss their NorCal counterparts as a mix of tech nerds and old hippies, while San Franciscans accuse SoCal folk of being vapid and silicone-filled. We look beyond the stereotypes to see how California’s most vibrant metropolises (sorry, San Diego) really stack up against each other.
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POPULATION 884,363 city; 4,727,357 metro | POPULATION 3,999,759 city; 13,353,907 metro |
WHO CAME FIRST? Founded June 29, 1776 | WHO CAME FIRST? Founded September 4, 1781 |
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 8  | TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 20  |
STRONGEST EARTHQUAKE 7.9 | STRONGEST EARTHQUAKE 6.7 |
ORIGINAL NAME Yerba | ORIGINAL NAME El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina |
HARDEST RESERVATION IN TOWN Che Fico  | HARDEST RESERVATION IN TOWN Bavel  |
ART COLLECTORS WITH THE MOST CLOUT Doris Fisher (the collection she built with her husband is the | ART COLLECTORS WITH THE MOST CLOUT Eli Broad (his collection fills the Broad museum downtown |
UNOFFICIAL MAYOR Marc Benioff  | UNOFFICIAL MAYOR Magic Johnson  |
THE WHEELS TO BE SEEN IN Tesla Model 3 | THE WHEELS TO BE SEEN IN Lamborghini Aventador SVJ |
MEDIAN HOME PRICE $1,249,000 | MEDIAN HOME PRICE $799,000 |
MOST EXPENSIVE HOME SOLD $38 million (developer Bill Campbell tore down an existing home  | MOST EXPENSIVE HOME SOLD $100 million (Daren Metropoulos acquired the Playboy Mansion)  |
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