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North Bay
Napa Valley is most famous for its wine.Main article: North Bay (San Francisco
Bay Area)
The region north of the Golden Gate Bridge is known locally as the North Bay.
This area consists of Marin County and extends northward into Sonoma and Napa
counties and eastward to Solano County. With some exceptions, this region is
quite affluent: Marin County is ranked as the wealthiest in the nation. The
North Bay is generally the least urbanized part of the Bay Area, with many areas
of undeveloped parks and farmland. It is the only section of the Bay Area that
is not served by a commuter rail transit service, and Sonoma-Marin service was
recently voted down. The lack of transportation services is mainly because of
the lack of population mass in the North Bay, and the fact that it is separated
completely from the rest of the Bay Area by water, the only access points being
the Golden Gate Bridge leading to San Francisco, the Richmond-San Rafael and
Carquinez Bridges leading to Richmond, and the Benicia Bridge leading to
Martinez.
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