San Francisco, which for years has proudly touted its diversity, dropped to 22nd place from 17th in 2000. The drop was largely because of the ongoing exit of the city’s African American community. The city is now 40.8 percent white, 33.9 percent Asian, 15.3 percent Latino and 5.1 percent African American. Why is San Francisco […]

10 Things Everyone In San Francisco Should Avoid At All Costs Driving downtown San Francisco during games for the Giants. FIsherman’s Wharf. Sinkholes. Bay Bridge Traffic. Outdoor parades and events (if you’re in a rush) Dog *business* on the sidewalk. Confusing cable cars with streetcars. Construction sites. What areas should you avoid in San Francisco? […]

San Francisco is solid people (though they have their share of geographical challenges). The city of San Diego is bigger than the city of San Francisco, however, the metropolitan area of the Bay Area is substantially bigger than that of San Diego. The San Francisco metro area contains 7m to SD’s 3m. Is San Francisco […]

Tips for Driving in San Francisco Map Out Your Route. Before heading out, make sure you map out a route to your destination. Pay Attention to Street Signs. Yellow Lights. Look for Bicyclists. Yield to Pedestrians. Watch Out for Muni. Try to Avoid Market Street. Driving Up Those Hills. Is driving to San Francisco Hard? […]

San Francisco is famous for its Golden Gate Bridge, steep streets, Alcatraz, and – you got it, dude!During the Great Depression, not a single bank in San Francisco failed. In fact, business was so good that the city constructed the Golden Gate Bridge and the Oakland Bay Bridge during the Depression. What makes San Francisco […]

1. San Francisco, California. According to Nurse.org, San Francisco always makes the top of the list as an ideal place for nurses to call home. The medical industry in the area offers a generous salary that more than covers the cost of living. Can you afford a house as a nurse? So can a nurse […]

You can easily live in SF on 30k. I used to stay in a $900 one-bedroom apartment in Western Addition. Flatmates are the way to go, though; it’s not hard to find a single room for $700 in the Sunset, the Mission, Western Addition or the Tenderloin. What salary do I need to live in […]

OVERALL RISK : LOW. San Francisco is overall very safe to travel to. Even though it’s sometimes dangerous, and the number of homeless people and junkies on the streets may make you feel uneasy, the criminal activities that occur only apply to dangerous parts of the city, which are rarely frequented by tourists. What areas […]

While San Francisco in 3 days might not be enough to see EVERYTHING, it will give you a chance to see the best bits of our city. Keep in mind that this city is only 7×7 square miles (that’s 121 square kilometers)—roughly ⅔ the size of Brooklyn in NYC!There are tons of unique things to […]

Detailed List Of The Richest Neighborhoods In San Francisco For 2021 Rank Neighborhood Median Household Income< 1 Potrero Hill $162,259 2 West Of Twin Peaks $153,714 3 Pacific Heights $147,213 4 Presidio Heights $137,831 What is the richest neighborhood in San Francisco? The 10 Richest Neighborhoods in San Francisco Russian Hill. Russian Hill used to […]

Realistically, a “Good salary” in San Francisco has to be a bare minimum of $120k. What is a comfortable salary for a single person in San Francisco? The standard rule of budgeting for an apartment starts with rent — you should earn three times the monthly rent. As the average cost of a one-bedroom apartment […]

The densest neighborhood west of New York City, San Francisco’s Chinatown is an energetic place to live. Chinatown has a high violent crime rate and a high property crime rate for San Francisco. Is Chinatown San Francisco worth visiting? A visit to Chinatown is a worthwhile trip if you are staying in San Francisco not […]

List of the Cons of Living in San Francisco The housing market in San Francisco is pricing everyone out. The cost of living in San Francisco is equally high. You will need to deal with the tax situation when living in San Francisco. There is always the threat of an earthquake to consider in the […]

There is more variance in London, you can find more really cheap or more really high end (like New York), but in general this holds true. So this means everything in life costs 30% more in London than in SF, at today’s exchange rate (1.31 USD = 1 GBP). Is California more expensive than London? […]

Episcopal Church. Grace Cathedral, San Francisco Grace Cathedral Cathedral and adjacent (right) headquarters of the Episcopal Diocese of California Religion Affiliation Episcopal Church District Nob Hill Is Grace Cathedral modeled after Notre Dame? Inspired by French Gothic architecture and such iconic structures as Notre Dame in Paris, Grace Cathedral has huge stained glass windows and […]