Bay area

[Sarah]

Most commonly refers to the area around the bay located in the northern region of California. The peninsula part is based around San Francisco. The other major areas include Oakland in the east bay, and San Jose in the south bay. The Bay Area constitutes of all those regions and suburbs of those cities near the bay. There are, however, common misconceptions of the bay area, such as the Bay Area of Memphis, Tennessee, as well as a few others. THE BAY AREA MOST COMMONLY REFERS TO THE REGION IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, YOU CAN NOT DENY THAT.

[Couch Potatoe]

Aka YaY Area
Home of the Oakland Raiders and the San Francisco 49ers.

Richmond, Oakland, Vallejo, Pittsburg, San Jose, Hercules, Berkeley, etc.

Northern California also the home of
rappers E-40, San Quin, Federation, Messy Marv, Keak Da Sneak

[Rihanna]

The San Francisco Bay Area, also known as the Bay Area, is a geographically diverse metropolitan area that surrounds the San Francisco Bay in Northern California. Home to more than eight million people, it is composed of cities, towns, military bases, airports, and associated regional, state, and national parks sprawled over nine counties (ten, according to some agencies) and connected by a massive network of roads, highways, railroads, and commuter rail.
The Bay Area, unlike the typical metropolitan area, contains several distinct urban and suburban centers. While San Jose is the largest city in the Bay Area (having surpassed San Francisco in the 1990 census), for most of its history San Francisco was the largest city in the region. The area containing the city of San Francisco, together with Oakland and San Jose, is the sixth-largest consolidated metropolitan area in the United States.The following lists are based on the ten-county definition of the Bay Area. Cities in bold serve as county seat. The places listed in italics are located in Santa Cruz county, which is excluded by the nine-county definition.
Counties

• Alameda County
• Contra Costa County
• Marin County
• Napa County
• San Francisco County
• San Mateo County
• Santa Clara County
• Santa Cruz County
• Solano County
• Sonoma County
  Cities with more than 200,000 inhabitants
• San Jose, 953,679
• San Francisco, 799,263
• Oakland, 412,318
• Fremont, 210,158
  Cities with 100,000 to 200,000 inhabitants
• Antioch
• Berkeley
• Concord
• Daly City
• Fairfield
• Hayward
• Richmond
• Santa Clara
• Santa Rosa
• Sunnyvale
• Vallejo
  Municipalities and suburbs with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants
• Alameda
• Alamo
• Albany
• American Canyon
• Ashland
• Bay Point
• Belmont
• Benicia
• Blackhawk-Camino Tassajara
• Brentwood
• Burlingame
• Campbell
• Capitola
• Castro Valley
• Cherryland
• Clayton
• Cupertino
• Danville
• Dixon
• Dublin
• East Palo Alto
• El Cerrito
• El Sobrante
• Foster City
• Gilroy
• Half Moon Bay
• Healdsburg
• Hercules
• Hillsborough
• Lafayette
• Larkspur
• Live Oak
• Livermore
• Los Altos
• Los Gatos
• Martinez
• Menlo Park
• Mill Valley
• Millbrae
• Milpitas
• Moraga
• Morgan Hill
• Mountain View (Santa Clara Co.)
• Napa
• Newark
• Novato
• Oakley
• Orinda
• Pacifica
• Palo Alto
• Petaluma
• Piedmont
• Pinole
• Pittsburg
• Pleasant Hill
• Pleasanton
• Redwood City
• Rohnert Park
• San Anselmo
• San Bruno
• San Carlos
• San Leandro
• San Lorenzo
• San Mateo
• San Pablo
• San Rafael
• San Ramon
• Santa Cruz
• Saratoga
• Scotts Valley
• South San Francisco
• Stanford
• Suisun City
• Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
• Union City
• Vacaville
• Walnut Creek
• Watsonville
• Windsor
  Municipalities and suburbs with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants
• Amesti
• Angwin
• Aptos
• Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley
• Atherton
• Bayview-Montalvin
• Belvedere
• Ben Lomond
• Bethel Island
• Black Point-Green Point
• Bodega Bay
• Bolinas
• Bonny Doon
• Boyes Hot Springs
• Boulder Creek
• Brisbane
• Broadmoor
• Buena Vista
• Burbank
• Byron
• Calistoga
• Cloverdale
• Clyde
• Colma
• Corralitos
• Corte Madera
• Cotati
• Crockett
• Day Valley
• Deer Park
• Diablo
• Dillon Beach
• Discovery Bay
• East Richmond Heights
• East Foothills
• El Granada
• El Verano
• Eldridge
• Elmira
• Emeryville
• Fairfax
• Fairview
• Felton
• Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente
• Forestville
• Freedom
• Fruitdale
• Glen Ellen
• Graton
• Green Valley
• Guerneville
• Highlands-Baywood Park
• Interlaken
• Inverness
• Kensington
• Kentfield
• Kenwood
• Knightsen
• La Honda
• Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
• Larkfield-Wikiup
• Lexington Hills
• Loma Mar
• Los Altos Hills
• Loyola
• Lucas Valley-Marinwood
• Montara
• Monte Rio
• Monte Sereno
• Moss Beach
• Mount Eden
• Mount Hermon
• Mountain View, Contra Costa Co.
• Muir Beach
• Occidental
• Opal Cliffs
• Pacheco
• Pescadero
• Point Reyes Station
• Port Costa
• Portola Valley
• Rio del Mar
• Rio Vista
• Rodeo
• Rollingwood
• Roseland
• Ross
• Saint Helena
• San Geronimo
• San Gregorio
• San Martin
• Santa Venetia
• Sausalito
• Sebastopol
• Seven Trees
• Sonoma
• Soquel
• Stinson Beach
• Strawberry
• Sunol
• Sunol-Midtown
• Tara Hills
• Temelec
• Tiburon
• Tomales
• Twin Lakes
• Vine Hill
• Waldon
• West Menlo Park
• Woodacre
• Woodside
• Yountville

[Couch Potatoe]

San Francisco San Jose Oakland = Bay Area

[Sarah]

bay area is in nor cal.. frisco area of course.. redwood city, oak, sunnyvale, san jose, frisco, etc.

[Justin Bieber]

The area surrounding the San Francisco Bay. Includes North Bay, East Bay, South Bay and the Peninsula.
Do noth confuse with wannabe Bay Areas like Memphis.
99.999999999999999999% of the time its refering to the place in the NorCal.

[Couch Potatoe]

the bay that is located in Northern Califoolia....the bay consists of towns such as oakland, frisco, sac, valley jo, EPA, richmond, SAN CARLOS, RWC ( and disregard belmont). People in the bay get hyphy and stupid off a THIZZZZZ

[Sarah]

Usually refers to San Francisco (sco), Oakland, san jose, vallejo, Richmond, etc. Does not refer to Sacramento, modesto, and all those wanna-be towns.

[Sonia]

northern cali iz wat itz all about.
oakland,EPA,san fran,vallejo,u city,san jo,richmond,
sunnyvale,fremont,and others.

But ppel mostly notice da 1st four

known for goin stpid dumb retarded man!
goin hyphy

WE DONT REP CALIFORNIA
WE REP DA BAY!

GO STUPID BAY AREA!

[Sonia]

99% of the time this talks about the NORCAL bay area and not the other bay areas. Known for Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, East Palo Alto, and Richmond. Where the reall ballers lay. Underground rap capital of the USA from frontline to keak da sneak to e-a-ski we runnin things out here. Oh and nobody says yay area, i used to live in east palo alto and from all the slang out there i never heard anyone say yay area and i still dont, so dont say it please. Oh and nobody says Frisco San Fran is what its usually called.