My Bay Area

(do check both links!)

Here's the beautiful view you have from the Berkeley CA hills (like next to the MSRI):

A similar view can be had from my place of work, as it's likewise located on a hill -
only that instead of the SF Bay (am I sea-level challeged?), there are lots of hills (volcano-challenged?)
... and the (in my case, invisible) city in the background goes by the name of Kassel.