[carabiner]

Tax breaks for filming and it's not SF specific or even cities. Other planets too, like Stargate SG-1 being filmed around Squamish 1 hour away.

[vincent-manis]

I always got a chuckle when Stargate went meta. They had a planet called Kelowna (a real BC city) and a country called Langara (I was for a time a faculty member at Langara College). At one point, they visit an Oregon town called Steveston, with the location being the Steveston district of Richmond BC.

Of course, nothing can beat the thrill of waking up every morning and looking out my bedroom building at the office building that was taken over by an evil computer on X-Files.

[cf100clunk]

I recall a character on an X-Files episode who called himself "Lord Kinbasket". Fun for anyone who knows of Kinbasket Lake in BC.

[ecshafer]

Its really amazing how most planets in the galaxy look exactly like the Pacific northwest.

[chorizo]

As someone who lives in Vancouver, that’s a huge relief. I won’t have to adapt to new biomes once we go offworld.

[dylan604]

Shooting on location halfway across the galaxy definitely seems like it would strain the union's rate schedule. If you can take a Stargate so that you could be back home on the same day so you only have to pay local rates would be amazing.

[zulux]

The moon landings were faked, and Stanley Kubrick directed them. Annoyingly, he insisted on filming on location.

[expedition32]

Having a street shut down for filming in New York or San Francisco is probably beyond the budget of most directors.

[wolvoleo]

A lot of shows were recorded in New York though like person of interest, Mr Robot and many more