Mission Mission » arbitrary naming http://www.missionmission.org Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:47:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Google declares new neighborhood ‘Somisspo’ http://www.missionmission.org/2011/05/02/google-declares-new-neighborhood-somisspo/ http://www.missionmission.org/2011/05/02/google-declares-new-neighborhood-somisspo/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 22:50:37 +0000 Vic Wong http://www.missionmission.org/?p=26765 Don’t call it south of the Market, north of the Mission, near Potrero Hill. It’s Somisspo.

According to Google, anyway. As our anonymous tipster says:

…it looks like those fellers at google are going on a cartographic joyride.

Not sure where they got that name, but there’s no way the source is as reliable as Johnny0. Hey are you reading this Google? Civic Valley. Make it happen.

[Thanks, anonymous tipster]

UPDATE: And Royal Gate! -Allan

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