Marin and San Francisco counties both screwed the pooch.
Would have been a nice tourist trap, and help locals pay their bills.
On the other hand, it's tourist season. Why is it illegal to shoot them?
Chicago will house the official museum of all things George Lucas and Star Wars. A widely-reported statement from Lucas says the director is sad the museum won't be located in his home state of California – San Francisco and Los Angeles also entered bids – but that Chicago is simply a better site. The Chicago Tribune reports …
I'm on a mission from the force. We're gettin' the falcon crew back together. Gotta save the padawan oprhanage.
[I cannot say enough good things about The Blues Brothers. It was amazing in every way (car chases, one liners, cinematography, music, the sheer scale of the thing!) apart from not having enough Blues music. Hopefully SW VII will be better than BB2000, which may have been a worse insult than SW I.]
Chicago's pitiful band of rebel scum won't prevent Lucas from paving over the parking lot where football fans tailgate before games. Or ignoring a 40yo ordinance prohibiting commercial development inside of Lake Shore Drive, a beautiful 18mi stretch of greenery and beaches along Lake Michigan.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/06/25/park-advocates-willing-to-sue-to-keep-lucas-museum-off-lakefront/
If Watch Dogs gets a sequel, maybe the museum can feature in it!
But seriously, why does Chicago have thrice the tourist numbers of San Fran? I'm an American, and the only thing I associate with the Windy City is gangsters - not exactly something you want to go and see as a tourist trap, unless it's The Family for the Whole Family. (WARNING: TVTropes Reference Detected! Googling phrase may lead to loss of productivity.)