Neighborhoods In San Francisco
San Francisco, California has both major, well-known neighborhoods and districts as well as smaller, specific subsections and developments. While there is considerable fluidity among the sources, one guidebook identifies five major districts, corresponding to the four quadrants plus a south central district. These five broad districts, counterclockwise are: Central/downtown, Richmond, Sunset, Upper Market & beyond (south central) and Bernal Heights/Bayview & beyond (southeast). Within each of these five districts are located major neighborhoods, and again there is considerable fluidity seen in the sources. The San Francisco Planning Department officially identifies 36 neighborhoods. A group of researchers at Theory.org did a study of classified advertising of housing rentals to extract neighborhood names in the vernacular, and identified 40 neighborhood names in common use. Within these 36 official neighborhoods are a large number of minor districts, some of which are historical, and some of which are overlapping.
Read more about Neighborhoods In San Francisco: Alamo Square, Ashbury Heights, Balboa Terrace, Bayview, Belden Place, Bernal Heights, Buena Vista, Cathedral Hill, Cayuga Terrace, China Basin, Clarendon Heights, Corona Heights, Cow Hollow, Frederick Knob, Design District, Dolores Heights, Eureka Valley, Financial District South, Forest Knolls, Golden Gate Heights, Ingleside, Ingleside Terraces, Inner Sunset, Islais Creek, Jackson Square, Jordan Park, Laguna Honda, Lake Street, Lakeside, Lakeshore, Laurel Heights, Little Hollywood, Little Russia, Lower Pacific Heights, Lower Nob Hill, Merced Heights, Merced Manor, Midtown Terrace, Miraloma Park, Mission Bay, Mission Dolores, Mission Terrace, Monterey Heights, North of Panhandle, Oceanview, Parkside, Parnassus, Polk Gulch, Portola, Portola Place, Presidio Heights, Rincon Hill, Sherwood Forest, Silver Terrace, Somisspo, South Beach, South Park, Sunnydale, Sunnyside, Sunset District, Twin Peaks, University Mound, Upper Market, Vista Del Mar, Westwood Highlands, Yerba Buena
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