MIX Means Variety » san francisco http://mix941kmxj.com Thu, 23 May 2013 08:01:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 San Francisco, Boston Among Best Cities for Trick-or-Treating http://mix941kmxj.com/san-francisco-boston-among-best-cities-for-trick-or-treating/ http://mix941kmxj.com/san-francisco-boston-among-best-cities-for-trick-or-treating/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:41:19 +0000 Shauna Wright http://thefw.com/?p=48483 Everyone thinks their neighborhood is the best for trick-or-treating. But the folks at real estate site Zillow have actually compiled a list of the best cities for scoring some ‘tricks or treats’ this Halloween.

In creating its third annual Trick-or-Treat Index, Zillow considered factors such as median home values, crime rates, population density and overall “walkability” when choosing the 20 best urban areas in which to gather candy on October 31.

So how does your city measure up?

]]> http://mix941kmxj.com/san-francisco-boston-among-best-cities-for-trick-or-treating/feed/ 0 John Moore, Getty Images Amazing Toothpick Replica of San Francisco Built Over 35 Years [VIDEO] http://mix941kmxj.com/toothpick-replica-of-san-francisco-video/ http://mix941kmxj.com/toothpick-replica-of-san-francisco-video/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:30:13 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=31752 Scott Weaver has spent the last 35 years building a highly-detailed tower replica of San Francisco using only toothpicks. And it that wasn’t impressive (or insane) enough, his tower allows ping pong balls to take a half-dozen differently routed tours throughout San Francisco’s neighborhoods and famous landmarks.

In the video below, Walker walks you through all of his painstaking creation’s twists.

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