A few years back, there was an effort to find and erect a plaque at the geographical center of San Francisco. When asked if such a marker was necessary, Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru explained to a San Francisco Chronicle reporter that “it’s important to know where the center of the city is.” When he was pressed to explain why it was important, though, Nuru said that “he didn’t really know.” The article continues: “After thinking it over, he suggested that once you know where the center is, you can tell how far some other place is from it, although he added that he didn’t know what that
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