Hillsborough, the city of rich and lonely

The residents of Hillsborough (CA) may be amongst the richest in Bay Area, but they are also the lonliest people living in any city. The city is devoid of any life, thanks to a draconian 'zoning' law that forbids any kind of commercial activity within the city limits-- no stores, no restaurants, no banks and presumably no doctors, dentists or attorneys, as even home-based businesses are debarred. It is surprising how a city can survive without a Safeway or a Starbucks, a Macys or a McDonalds, a Banana Republic or a Baskin-Robins, and a lot many more that are a life of any city. What pride can the citizens have in their city if it lacks any landmarks they can pride in. Look at the neighboring San Mateo--what delight it has in boasting about Draeger's. Or nearby Burlingame that is full of life with its ever bustling Burlingame Avenue. Every city has some or the other rendezvous for its residents, but not Hillsborough, the city of single-family super homes, each one isolated from the other. Hillsborough residents must get the 'zoning' law scrapped from the city's statute books to know what a city really means.