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From: bobn@bmcg.UUCP (Bob Nebert)
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: Re: In what city is Hill Street?
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Date: Mon, 25-Nov-85 11:39:36 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 25 11:39:36 1985
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>   I have read several postings recently about the true location of the city
> portrayed in "Hill Street Blues."  I would like to add my knowledge to the
> discussion.
>   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.

Sorry, but in the opening scenes the cop car drives past a bar which
advertises ' Old Style' beer. They don't, to the best of my knowledge,
sell that Midwest beer in Frisco.

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