Debarking, how do I know this airport is SFO, not JFK?
- The floor-as-furniture option is completely acceptable in Northern California: many terminal idlers sit on the carpet, indian style, like they're at a yoga class. You don't really see that in New York.
- On caps and shirts, logos of Billabong and REI replace NY Yankees and North Face.
- The white people look different here, their complexion is less Mediterrenean, more Prairie Home Companion, their hair color more natural-appearing, blondes are a sandyhue, not metallic.
- Environmentalism is up a notch: the sticker on an airport paper towel dispenser admonishes "Please take only what you need."

Even with franchises taking over the food service, isn't it interesting what a local airport may give away about the mindset of the area it serves?
Posted by: Peter | November 23, 2006 at 06:22 AM