San Mateo is a unique city. We have parks, both urban and rural; a bustling downtown; numerous Farmers Markets; a giant shopping mall... the list goes on!
But say you only have one day to show a visiting friend or relative around San Mateo, and leaving the city isn't an option. Where would you take them?
We've picked a few places we think would be fun for a tourist, but of course, if we left any off the list, be sure to let us know in the comments!
Voting will close at 9 a.m. Friday, and we'll post the winner at noon that day.
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The airport.
Are they looking to move to some place in the SF Bayarea? Peninsula? Or are they just visiting with no plans to move here? Not just the San Mateo boundaries, as most all of our historically significant places/things are associated outside of the city limits I used to work in acquisitions and the deal was with the new company exec's just made and had to show them around looking for places to live that is close to work To a person, they all said the cities on the Peninsula was just like any 'small town in the USA'. More so with San Mateo. The largest dam in the world that also survived the 1906 Earthquake that is also the model used to design the Hoover Dam....our Crystal Springs Dam...or tell the story of the Hech Hechi system and the Water Temple? Or that most of the Peninsula Cities evolved from the 'upper crust' from San Francisco spending their weekends in the 'country'...which...was the Peninsula Estates. That then had them disembark at the train stations along the Peninsula, which became the 'little' cities supporting them and the local farmers/ranchers/etc...to become full fledged cities with the ancillary amenities (hardware store, grocery store, butcher shop, shoe shop, etc, etc) It boils down to the individual...I know some folks outside of California that would be fascinated by the above to some who would be bored silly (they would prefer the SF nite life)