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This is interesting when compared to Los Angeles, I think the Bay Area and LA are similar in terms of the sprawl but one is thought of as a single city and the other is not.

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Oakland is to SF as Anaheim/Orange County is to LA

Unlike the Bay Area, LA-OC is a continuous sprawl of habitation and commerce.

The only parts of the Bay Area that don't match that description are Marin and Monterey.

Unlike LA-OC I can take a train from SF to San Jose (the souther tip of the Bay Area) within 1 hour and 30 minutes. (LA-OC takes over 6 hours).

That’s a weird way to describe things. You can drive from downtown LA to Orange County in less than an hour in rush hour traffic.

This is false. LA to OC by train is 30 to 45 min. LA trains to San Diego or Santa Barbara are only 2 hours and both are much farther from LA than SJ is from SF.

Ok you're right I must have been looking at late night options.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Los+Angeles,+CA/orange+count...

It's almost twice as long as SF to San Jose: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/San+Francisco,+CA/San+Jose,+...

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