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How all the inhabitants of 28 Barbary lanes in Armistead Maupin `Tales of the City ' can be assimilated to microcosm of San Francisco

San Francisco is the fourth populous city of California and the fourteenth most populous city in the United States . It is located on the Tip of the San Francisco peninsula with the famous Golden Gate found on the northern part of the city . Rebecca Solnit points out that the city fought to prevent the free way system from garroting the city and ripping through the Golden Gate Park

to the Pacific Ocean (p . 54 . As professionals and managers discover the pleasure of living in the city they work hard for the passage of the rent control as people began to migrate in this city . High rise condominium was erected and apartment buildings were constructed . Amidst this development Armistead Maupin saw the economic situation and described it in his novel

The Tales of the City is a series of novel written by Armistead Maupin which depicts the lives of the people of San Francisco during the 1970s and 80s . The story started with a young napve woman named Mary Ann Singleton who came to San Francisco for a vacation . She stayed in an apartment in 28 Barbary lanes where she becomes friend with other tenants and Anna Madrigal , her land lady . In that apartment there were about fourteen individuals which Mary Ann became acquainted with and whose social life reflects California 's affluent society but their social life seemed to be ridiculous . The novel was feature in the Television series and was hailed by many authors as a clear picture of San Francisco

San Francisco during the 1970s was known for gay movements against the discrimination of the middle class gays of the colored gay men in club membership and other gay project . Although during this time there were other movements that had grabbed the attention of the media such as the feminist struggle which in San Francisco was represented by the lesbians . Elizabeth Armstrong noted that gay men of color were discriminated against in the predominantly white bar circuit of the 1970s ' Going back to the novel of Armistead , the inhabitants of the 28 Barbary lanes would perfectly assimilate in the microcosm of San Francisco because their social life relates to the nature of the San Francisco community during this time . Although there was some discrimination but it was against colored gays , the inhabitant of the 28 Barbary lanes were mostly professional and affluent but accommodating and friendly as well the fact that Mary Ann was able to establish friendship with all of them upon her stay in that apartment . Armstrong further noted that also during this time , the proliferation of white male in urban centers and the dominance of white men in gay culture and politics , gay life in the 1970s seemed to be about homogeneities and not diversities (p . 2

Armstrong noted that the vast changes in the gay community present a fascinating...