If you go into any New York souvenir shop, you can find these really easily. They're everywhere. But for me it's weird that I could also find them easily in San Francisco except it says "I ♥ SF" instead. Literally it's all the same crap except geared for another city. There are of course some original things, like models of cable cars or the Golden Gate Bridge, but otherwise it's identical to any store found here.

This is when I get hesitant over large companies. I can definitely think of how they've improved my life: Instead of dealing with fourteen different formats, corporations like Google were able to standardize things. But when I don't have any opportunity to search for other shit, then I'm wondering why isn't there more competition. Every single store in New York has the same vendor. And apparently every store in San Francisco as well. Where the hell is the variety?

I don't know why they thought this was acceptable, but those model cable cars were created from the cheapest material known to mankind. I never even considered buying this for someone back home.