San Francisco Celebrates 175 Years of Draftiness
Residents commemorate frigid city’s Diamond Jubilee with procession to thermostat
In 1850, San Francisco made a solemn commitment to its citizens. “All Infrastructure in this Great City, whether it be a Residence, Schoolhouse or Saloon, shall be noticeably drafty; let no San Franciscan ever be fully warm.”
The city has worked hard to keep that promise ever since, using code enforcement to ensure that homes are underheated and poorly s…