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From: jdb@mordor.UUCP (John Bruner)
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: Re: In what city is Hill Street?
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Date: Fri, 22-Nov-85 13:04:04 EST
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>  First and foremost, HSB is set in A FICTIONAL CITY.  There can be no
>argument on this; the creators of the show have said so (to TV Guide, among
>others -- I read it regularly).
>  Now, as to its ostensible settings:
>    Its opening was filmed in San Francisco.

Gee, I don't recall an El train in San Francisco.  Also, they must
have been very fortunate to film the opening after that much snow
had fallen. :-)

However, your principal point is well taken: the city is fictional.
I think the producers like to toy with the show's fans by putting
obvious and contradictory clues to the city's location in different
episodes.
-- 
  John Bruner (S-1 Project, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
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