For a town that claimed to hate "Frisco", there was no shortage of references to it in the local papers over 170 years. A constant stream of op-eds railed against the term, but "Frisco" was freely and frequently used in advertisements, headlines and sporting news in the same papers.
While editors may have hated it, people were saying "Frisco".
...including those in Frisco
L.A. was awfully obsessed with Frisco
While towns in Northern California seemingly used it as a term of endearment, the papers in Los Angeles (specifically the Herald) used it at any and every opportunity, usually in a fashion that can best be described (today) as trolling.
I do get the sense that a lot people outside Frisco intentionally used "Frisco" to piss people here off.
All of these newspaper clippings are from the California Digital Newspaper Collection. It is a national treasure. Regardless of what you think of Frisco, please donate. And you should also read Daisy Barringer's epic and well-researched post on Frisco.
And now, Behold Frisco.
Frisco!
Frisco! Frisco!
Frisco on a roll
Frisco on top
Did you hear about Frisco?
Of course I heard about Frisco!
Frisco's on the way up
Everybody loves Frisco!
The girls Love Frisco
The boys love Frisco
Los Angeles does not love Frisco
Can't stop won't stop
Wait what?
Oh dear!
Frisco descending
Rock bottom
Let us remember Frisco in poetry
Take me down to Frisco city, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Oh look another Frisco poem
Just kidding. but trust me, there is no shortage of Frisco poems in the CDNC archives. People reeeally liked to write poems about Frisco.
People also liked to write articles asking, requesting, demanding and pleading not to call Frisco "Frisco".
Frisco vulgarisms
No really, please do not call it Frisco
WTF did you seriously just call it Frisco?
What about this do you not understand?
The weather is perfect on Mars
Seems like you got the message
In addition to poems and missives, there were a lot of ads that mention Frisco. A. lot. of. ads. Over 2000 in the local papers alone. Here are a couple that are awesome.
Frisco is refreshing!
Say "Frisco" and you will live forever
Dance, Frisco, Dance!
Of course there was going to be a GIF in this post.
Please write back, Frisco
Whither Frisco
Frisco is embracive. Frisco is divisive.
Do not fear Frisco. Do not overuse Frisco.
Respect Frisco, for it is a part of our history. Frisco is our story.
But for the record, if you say "S*n Fr*n" I will kick you very ass where you stand.