Have I told you guys before about how the best part of my day is frequently reading Leah Garchik’s column in the Chron?

Well, it is. I don’t care how that might make me sound to you guys!

Today her column included an overheard quote I’ve been mulling all day. I shall reproduce it below:

“The East Bay is the new San Francisco.”

— California College of the Arts freshman talking on a cell phone from porch in Berkeley, overheard by Suzan Ormandy

Does this unnamed student have a point, or is this just art student bullshit?

What does this even mean?

I won’t speculate, as to preserve the integrity of the poll (ha!) but urge your intrepetations in the comments.

Sorry RSS readers! This post probably looks crazy to you! It’s because there’s a poll that you can’t see.

the author

Eve Batey is the editor and publisher of the San Francisco Appeal. She used to be the San Francisco Chronicle's Deputy Managing Editor for Online, and started at the Chronicle as their blogging and interactive editor. Before that, she was a co-founding writer and the lead editor of SFist. She's been in the city since 1997, presently living in the Outer Sunset with her husband, cat, and dog. You can reach Eve at eve@sfappeal.com.

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