Rich and Strange Aeons

Hakodate has been making me think of San Francisco. I think a combination of the weather, slopes, low and somewhat color buildings, and views of the ocean. In particular it reminds me of parts of the Richmond and Sunset districts, which I recall had also been quiet and sleepy without making me fear for their economic health.

Then I realized something: I'm on a peninsula between two coasts. The narrow part is less than a kilometer, and even the southern bulb is 2.3 km or 1.4 miles. Of course there's not much east-west (NW to SE) traffic: where would it go, or come from?

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