The Tower Bridge is a Sacramento icon. Will S.F. miscreants sneak out at night and repaint it like their magnificent international landmark?

San Franciscans are looking to Sacramento, again, to maybe, theoretically, possibly, please God, be able to afford a house that isn’t comparable in price to an NBA franchise.

The Chronicle’s Christian Leonard wrote that “home buyers in the San Francisco metropolitan area check the Sacramento region for listings more than any other destination, according to a recent report from real estate brokerage site Redfin.”

Second was Seattle. After Sunday’s 49ers game, Seattle is used to coming in second to San Francisco.

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Having lived in Sacramento for 10 years, l can assure you that your state’s capital is indeed generally nice. When I came down here in 2013, it was far more affordable than my previous residence of Portland, Ore., which has had an astronomical number of San Franciscans move there over the past few years.

The San Franciscans gamely took on the “Portlandia” zeitgeist, which was about three tokes away from the regular San Francisco vibe anyway.

In Sacramento, the prevailing attitude about San Francisco was, oh boy, we love the 49ers and the Giants but, wow, would it kill you to not make the City of Trees unaffordable?

Gov. Gavin Newsom,........

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