July 1st I am moving to San Francisco.
I have no idea where in San Francisco I will live. let’s predict.
I will be in SF looking for apartments in the beginning of June.
I will be in an airbnb for the month of July finding a apartment.
This market will resolve when I sign a lease.
I will not bet in this market.
Please add answer locations to this question and reasons as to why I should or should not live there to comments below.
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About Me:
I have a medium/large sized dog so being near a park is a must.
Me and my fiancée both work from home.
Proximity to tech meetups is a plus.
Walkability is a priority.
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@traders the date of market close has been pushed back one month.
I will now be staying in an airbnb for the month of July. I doubt that will change your bets much.
Haight-Ashbury is right next to The Panhandle and Golden Gate Park, so you have tons of green space to walk your dog in right at your doorstep. Buena Vista Dog Park is right there too! The area is quite walkable, though VERY hilly. I believe that it isn;
The Mission is pretty nice, and has excellent food. It's in the centre of the city so there will be more transit options than HA.
The Tenderloin isn't the safest at night and isn't an area that I'd personally like to spend tons of time walking around. I'd cross that one off my list.
Mission is super bustling, and located fairly close to downtown. You’ll be reliant on BART (fewer stops in the city) or buses as no real MUNI (tram) lines go there.
Outer Sunset is very suburb-y and has two MUNI lines which connect it to the city. You get a quieter life, beach and park access, but are generally quite far from “the city”. Everything will be a >10min drive, 30min MUNI, or hearty walk. At least it’s fairly flat!
TL, I know you were joking when you added that but I lived on the periphery of the Tenderloin for a year and it was not bad! The TL is surrounded by some nicer neighborhoods (Haight / Hayes / Fillmore), so living near the TL isn’t always the worst, and you’ll have cheaper rents.
Depend on your preferences, people I know also live in:
SOMA (super close to your office, if you work downtown. dies at 5pm and on the weekends, lots of tourists)
Marina (lots of bars and partying and a younger crowd - not my pref)
Hayes (nice bougier shops, great restaurants, higher price tag)
Mission Bay (brand new area, lots of newer apartments, near the Giants and Warriors stadiums)
Haight: Lower or Ashbury (you’ll have to deal with the Haight hill, great food, and really cute Victorian houses, a great mix of city + suburb, easy to get in/out of the city)
Idk, what do you like? What’s your budget?
@mattyb thanks, this is very informative.
my budget is 3-5k.
i have lived in the suburb-y areas of cities too many times.
@IsarBhattacharjee I threw the tenderloin in for engagement ;)
The other two i have had suggested to me.
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@AviD makes sense - I was easily baited lol
Tbh lots of my friends live / have lived in mission and every time I visit it seems lovely. But no string views on outer sunset, could well be as good / better