[San Francisco]

[trochee]

Okay, D. and I have been looking for apartments in San Francisco. We're kinda sticker-shocked, of course, but we're trying to get all our information the best together we can.

And we just discovered the Nob Hill neighborhood on Craig's List. We can see that it's quite dense -- tenth and twelfth-floor apartments are common, but we've been thinking: we are moving to a big city -- density is to be expected.

So I'm just wondering: is there something we really want to avoid about that neighborhood? Is it raging full of coke fiends, or crackheads, or is it all yuppie scum? Of course, there are other districts we like too -- but the rents seem so much higher for a similar-sized apartment elsewhere, as compared to Nob Hill, at least in our range (1750-2300 or so).

Am I missing something?

Comments

[evan.livejournal.com]

I don't know that neighborhood because nobody I know lives there. That may be an anti-recommendation itself. Some other possible negatives: poor access to public transit (recall that the Seattle bus system is quite good compared to most cities including SF); proximity to financial district may mean financial douchebags. But I can't recall any real red flags. Maybe rent's low because it's close to the tenderloin or union square?

Here's my map (I can never remember who I've showed this to) of where to live in SF for Seattle refugees.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=115530570774084507227.000001122f061b6856f98&ll=37.763658,-122.420311&spn=0.141134,0.21286&z=12

[trochee.livejournal.com]

hah, i found that map when i was searching for maps before !

I should have guessed it was you when I saw "evan" and "tessa" and a few other distinctive names in it.

thanks!

[evan.livejournal.com]

I didn't mean to come across as so negative -- really, I just don't know much about it.