San Francisco: here we come 5757 Responses

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• capn_ron

  congrats. you'll love the city.

  • thanks ron :)– lvl_13

  

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  Dog-earJul 14, 10, 10:54 a.m. – Permalink

• FredMcWoozy

  have you ever stayed in SF for a long period of time?

  • because you better before you move there.– FredMcWoozy1/5

    3 weeks has been the longest.– lvl_132/5

    he and she will now.– akrok3/5

    Ok thats good. It is really different then being a tourist.– FredMcWoozy4/5

    Why ask a silly question like that?– brandon_phillip5/5

  

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  Dog-earJul 14, 10, 10:56 a.m. – Permalink

• Noggin

  Craigslist is your friend for places

  ... also it depends on what kinda of area you want to live in. Theres a polar difference between the Mission and the Marina!

  • totally. the last time we were out, we narrowed it down to mission and hayes...ideally– lvl_13

  

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  Dog-earJul 14, 10, 10:57 a.m. – Permalink

• fiver

  yeah, and any ideas on neighborhood?

  • mission and hayes valley ideally. also looked in russian hill and nob hill...but they dont have the same feel (obvious)– lvl_13

  

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  Dog-earJul 14, 10, 10:58 a.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  just don't live in the 'loin

  I highly recommend the Richmond and Sunset districts. You have easy access to GG Park and are removed from a lot of the nastiness of downtown SF. Getting to and from the center of the city might take a little while on the bus, but I think it's worth it especially for a real neighborhood, the beach and the views.

  • oh, and you can rent an entire Victorian (house) for the price of a nice apt in other 'hoods– monospaced1/5

    actually this is one place we never explored. it seemed too far away from the hotspots i guess. i'm more of a city type person– lvl_132/5

    it's not that far, really– monospaced3/5

    oh, and the park is considered a hotspot...but that's just me, I lived out there for 5 years and loved every second– monospaced4/5

    oh, i love the park. that is def. a hotspot. but what fiver said below is what i have heard from several others.– lvl_135/5

  

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  Dog-earJul 14, 10, 10:58 a.m. – Permalink

• fiver

  richmond and sunset are cool if you're looking to get away from things every once in a while, but the weather is generally shit, i.e. foggy and windy. i lived in the sunset for two years and now the mission. each has benefits. public transit from richmond and sunset is hell..... have you looked around bernal or portrero?

  • yeah, we explored them as well. it's so weird how seperated portrero seems because of the freeway– lvl_131/5

    Hell? I dunno. There are several bus lines and the train. So much going on West of Divisadero that nobody knows about– monospaced2/5

    that's true, mono.– lvl_133/5

    Around Divisadero is nice. Also, Hayes Valley is really starting to grow on me.– instrmntl4/5

    yeah, i love hayes valley. not quite as busy as mission, but still right in the heart. or very close too anyway.– lvl_135/5

  

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  Dog-earJul 14, 10, 11:03 a.m. – Permalink

• instrmntl

  rad. shit, i'll be in ny.

  • bastard!
    just kidding :)– lvl_131/2

    no kidding. bastard! lol. :-D– akrok2/2

  

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  Dog-earJul 14, 10, 11:07 a.m. – Permalink

• Noggin

  If you prefer somewhere a bit quieter then you might like Potrero Hill, its a skip away from the Mission and has awesome views of the city.

  • that it does. those streets looking down into the city are ridiculous. the bad thing is you can only cross into the city at a couple spots (16th and 24th?)– lvl_131/6

    Potrero is great. Also, Bernal Heights.– instrmntl2/6

    spots. total guess here but i think it was 16th st and 24th st. otherwise you get stuck at the freeway.– lvl_133/6

    but hell. i'm just nitpicking complaining now! it's all rad.– lvl_134/6

    you'll figure it out after living here for a while. it's a nice neighborhood, but a bit separated.– fiver5/6

    Thats why people like it I guess:)– Noggin6/6

  

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  Dog-earJul 14, 10, 11:08 a.m. – Permalink

• instrmntl

  The Tenderloin is great. So many bars, nice and cheap restaurants. I think it's the place to be. Just don't live lower than O'Farrell. I'm on the edge, and I think it's by far the best area I've lived in, and I've lived by Golden Gate Park, Nob Hill, Russian Hill, Mission, and North Beach.

  http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/3629…

  • so you decided to give notice? too bad for us. your place and location is sweet :(– lvl_131/2

    Yeah. = ( This is my last month.– instrmntl2/2

  

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  Dog-earJul 14, 10, 11:09 a.m. – Permalink

• Seanbot

  Stay out of the Marina. If you haven't found a gig, make up one or tell the landlord here that you freelance. Have some proof of income - some can be incredibly anal about that here since turnover is high around these parts.

  Let me know when you get into town.

  

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  Dog-earJul 14, 10, 11:14 a.m. – Permalink

• Noggin

  You should also look into going to SF Outside Lands in August and Folsom St Fair in Oct (I think).

  

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  Dog-earJul 14, 10, 11:14 a.m. – Permalink

• instrmntl

  http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sear…

  

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  Dog-earJul 14, 10, 11:15 a.m. – Permalink

• dasohr

  Yeah the Loin is defiantly the place to be. Close to everything, farmers market on wed and sun, tons of dives, the best food in town, tons of galleries popping up every where, good and bad people, lots of great food stores... I've been living in the hood for a while now and other then the crazies and the fact the the apt are $$$, i got no complaints.

  • It's one of the great sf secrets. Everyone thinks it's shit, but it's so good.– instrmntl1/3

    might be a shocker to someone moving straight here.... ease into the loin– fiver2/3

    hahaha, i never thought about that. good point.– instrmntl3/3

  

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  Dog-earJul 14, 10, 11:16 a.m. – Permalink

• Noggin

  The Tendernob may be a little... 'safer'...

  • thats where i am. Ofarrel to sutter.– instrmntl1/2

    safe from tricks, lots of pimps to protect you in the "loin"– moldero2/2

  

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  Dog-earJul 14, 10, 11:17 a.m. – Permalink

• fiver

  north of market = more city feel. old san francisco.
  SOMA = new downtown.
  potrero/bernal/mission = more neighborhood oriented
  noe valley = stroller valley
  hayes/haight/cole valley = vintage san francisco
  sunset/richmond = nature and neighborhood with less going on, but great for nature and exercise.

  • haha @ noe valley. so true.– lvl_13

  

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  Dog-earJul 14, 10, 11:17 a.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  The 'loin is disgusting. I mean, if you're into cheap food and you want it on your doorstep (with crackheads, transvestite mexican whores and drunk art students) then it's the place to be. Also, dangerous drug dealers roaming around give it extra flavor, not to mention the stinking, shameless and often mentally-challenged vagrant population that has set up shop there. Fuck the 'loin.

  • yeah it does smell funny sometimes, but other than that .. .– dasohr1/2

    oh, I didn't even get started on what it smells like– monospaced2/2

  

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  Dog-earJul 14, 10, 11:25 a.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  We used to play this game when going through the Tenderloin where we would count how many illegal activities we could see in plain view in a two-block radius. It was absolutely overwhelming.

  • come-on. Pho Hoa, Bang San, Osha, Dotties, Whiskey Thieves, High Tides, Olympia, Edinborough,... they all speak for themselves.– dasohr1/3

    hahahahhhaha– Seanbot2/3

    Yeah, those places are there (and I know the Thieves owners pretty well), but it doesn't make up for how nasty it is.– monospaced3/3

  

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  Dog-earJul 14, 10, 11:27 a.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  The Tenderloin
  

  

  
  

  

  • Thats the heart of the Tenderloin, Ellis to Market. stay away from that area. OFarrell to Sutter is great.– instrmntl1/2

    indeed. Used to live on ellis. was pretty bad. live on geary now. it's like night and day even though it's just 2 blocks apart.– dasohr2/2

  

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  Dog-earJul 14, 10, 11:34 a.m. – Permalink

• Ruffian

  Congrats and try craigslist and airbnb for places til you guys find what you're looking for.

  • yeah totally. our thought is we get into a temp month sublet, and then spend our days apartment hunting for what we really want.– lvl_131/3

    really want. i just know we will actually have to be IN the city to pull down an apartment that we want, rather than just over CL and email– lvl_132/3

    and email transactions.
    and thanks by the way :)– lvl_133/3

  

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  Dog-earJul 14, 10, 11:38 a.m. – Permalink

• redrum

  My favorite neighborhoods are...
  lower haight, castro/upper market, alamo square/nopa, hayes valley, cole valley/ashbury hts.

  These are all basically around or close to Duboce Park, which is in between lower haight and castro/upper market and is a central part of the city. I find living as close to there as possible is very nice because you are pretty close to everything in the city. Making your trip out at night.

  How old are the two of you and what are you looking for in a neighborhood?

  Some advice for looking at a place. If you can bring a copy of your credit report and have all the information you would need to fill out an application right there. If you like the place, then you can fill out the application there and not have someone steal it from you by being faster than you... this had happened to me, it's totally depressing:)

  • so true, and great 'hoods– monospaced1/3

    If your into tattooed, fixie riding, drunk numb nuts - then that's the place to be... mustaches.– dasohr2/3

    haha, to each their own– redrum3/3

  

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  Dog-earJul 14, 10, 11:44 a.m. – Permalink