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Should San Francisco Bay Area be capitalized?
Bay Area. Refers to the San Francisco Bay Area and should be capitalized.
Do I have to capitalize the Bay Area?
California Geographic Terms Certain areas in California are increasingly recognized as popular names (Bay Area, Southern California, Central Coast, etc.) and as such are capitalized.
What is the area code for San Francisco California?
Area code 415
San Francisco/Area codes
Should Northern be capitalized?
In general, lowercase north, south, northeast, northern, etc., when they indicate compass direction. Capitalize these words when they designate formal regions as defined by U.S. Census Bureau (Northeast, South, Midwest, West).
Why is it called the Bay Area?
When we say “the bay area” what we mean are the nine counties around “San Francisco Bay.” It’s a bit confusing because the city and the bay have the same name. That is to say, that large body of water is the “San Francisco Bay”: The City (and county) of San Francisco is just the tip of that peninsula there.
Is San Francisco Bay capitalized?
My opinion: Yes, when referring to San Francisco Bay as “the Bay,” one generally should capitalize “Bay” because one generally is using an abbreviated version of a proper noun rather than a common noun (though it is easy to imagine times when one might want to refer to a common noun, thus would not capitalize).
Do people in San Francisco Call It the bay or the Bay?
People here definitely call it The Bay, but often use The Bay Area as well. Depends lightly on context for which is used. I’m born and raised here, and we definitely refer to the regional Bay Area as “the bay”. First visited San Francisco & Berkeley the summer of 1955.
Is San Francisco a city or a conurbation?
All cities in the Bay Area are the suburbs of San Francisco and whole the Bay Area conurbation is known as and referred to San Francisco internationally. While I’m sure international readers will just think “San Francisco” and be done with it, for locals that’s not really how we think.