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If there's a technology still unimagined, a poem left unspoken or a green scheme untested, chances are it's about to happen here. Goodbye, inhibitions; hello, San Francisco.

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In San Francisco's Mission District, these two millennial generation best friends (lovers, business partners, sisters?) are sharing a moment of laughter while looking at a smartphone. They're leaning close to each other and are confident about where they're going whether to work, to play, to lunch, or to a high-stakes pitch meeting. Their smiles show that they just learned something amazing and they are fully engaged with the moment and each other.
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Two Latina women walking through the Mission District in San Francisco laughing together as check a smartphone

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