Neighborhoods in San Francisco

• Bayview
• Bernal Heights
• Castro
• Chinatown
• Crocker Amazon
• Diamond Heights
• Downtown
• Excelsior
• Financial District
• Glen Park
• Haight
• Inner Richmond
• Inner Sunset
• Lakeshore
• Marina

• Mission
• Nob Hill
• Noe Valley
• North Beach
• Ocean View
• Outer Mission
• Outer Richmond
• Outer Sunset
• Pacific Heights
• Parkside
• Potrero Hill
• Presidio Heights
• Russian Hill
• Seacliff
• South of Market
• Twin Peaks
• Visitacion Valley
• West of Twin Peaks
• Western Addition

Nearby Cities

• Daly City
• Richmond
• Fremont
• Berkeley
• Oakland
• San Mateo
• San Jose
• Palo Alto

High Schools

San Francisco, CA overlaps the attendance areas of the following:

• Academy Of Arts Adn Sciences
• Downtown High
• Galileo High
• George Washington High
• Ida B. Wells High
• Independence High
• International Studies Academy Alternative
• John O'Connell Alternative High
• June Jordan School For Equity
• Lowell High
• Mission High
• Phillip And Sala Burton Academic High
• Raoul Wallenberg Traditional High
• Sf International High
• Thurgood Marshall High

Middle Schools and/or Junior High Schools

San Francisco, CA overlaps the attendance areas of the following:

• A. P. Giannini Middle
• Aptos Middle
• Benjamin Franklin Intermediate
• Bessie Carmichael/Fec
• Everett Middle
• Francisco Middle
• Garnet J. Robertson Intermediate
• Herbert Hoover Middle
• International Studies Academy Alternative
• James Denman Middle
• James Lick Middle
• Kipp San Francisco Bay Academy
• Marina Middle
• Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Middle
• Presidio Middle
• Roosevelt Middle
• San Francisco Community Alternative
• Thomas R. Pollicita Middle
• Visitacion Valley Middle
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Elementary Schools

San Francisco, CA overlaps the attendance areas of the following:

• Alamo Elementary
• Alice Fong Yu Elementary
• Alvarado Elementary
• Argonne Elementary
• Bayshore Elementary
• Bessie Carmichael/Fec
• Bret Harte Elementary
• Bryant Elementary
• Buena Vista
• Cesar Chavez Elementary
• Charles Drew College Preparatory Academy
• Chinese Education Center
• Chinese Immersion School At Deavila
• Claire Lilienthal Elementary
• Clarendon Alternative Elementary
• Cleveland Elementary
• Commodore Sloat Elementary
• Daniel Webster Elementary
• Dianne Feinstein Elementary
• Edward R. Taylor Elementary
• El Dorado Elementary
• Fairmount Elementary
• Francis Scott Key Elementary
• Frank McCoppin Elementary
• Garfield Elementary
• George R. Moscone Elementary
• George Washington Carver Elementary
• George Washington Elementary
• Glen Park Elementary
• Gordon J. Lau Elementary
• Grattan Elementary
• Guadalupe Elementary
• Harvey Milk Civil Rights Elementary
• Hillcrest Elementary
• Jefferson Elementary
• John Muir Elementary
• John Yehall Chin (Elem)
• Jose Ortega Elementary
• Junipero Serra Elementary
• Kipp San Francisco Bay Academy
• Lafayette Elementary
• Lakeshore Alternative Elementary
• Lawton Alternative Elementary
• Leonard R. Flynn Elementary
• Longfellow Elementary
• Malcolm X Academy
• McKinley Elementary
• Miraloma Elementary
• Mission Education Center
• Monroe Elementary
• Paul Revere Elementary
• Redding Elementary
• Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary
• Rooftop Elementary
• Rosa Parks Elementary
• Ruby Bridges Elementary
• San Francisco Community Alternative
• Sanchez Elementary
• Sheridan Elementary
• Sherman Elementary
• Starr King Elementary
• Sunnyside Elementary
• Sunset Elementary
• Sutro Elementary
• Tenderloin Community
• Ulloa Elementary
• Visitacion Valley Elementary
• West Portal Elementary
• Westlake Elementary
• William L. Cobb Elementary
• Yick Wo Elementary
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San Francisco is the second most densely populated major city in the United States. It is the centerpiece of the San Francisco Bay Area that also includes Oakland, Berkeley, San Jose, and the area known as Silicon Valley. One of the best things about renting or buying in San Francisco or the Bay Area in general is the access you have to a very diverse selection of outdoor destinations along with other sites and attractions. To the north of San Francisco is beautiful Marin County, featuring great views of the fog rolling into San Francisco through the Golden Gate Bridge along with great hills, quaint towns and pleasant beaches. Renting and apartment or buying a home in San Francisco gives you easy access to the economic powerhouse of Silicon Valley that boasts companies like Cisco, Google, Hewlett Packard, Yahoo!, and Apple.

Buying a home or renting an apartment in San Francisco gives you access to many many weekend getaways. Within 120 miles to the south of San Francisco is Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Carmel. Traveling east you can stop buy the governor's mansion in Sacramento on your 3 hour trip to Lake Tahoe for some skiing during the winter or hiking during the summer, and gambling all year round. If Lake Tahoe is not your style, you can drive less than an hour from San Francisco to get into the heart of wine country in both Sonoma County and Napa Valley. You can drink wine, eat cheese, or just take in the scenery. Be careful, as it gets pretty hot during the summer months. (PlumpJack is HotPads' favorite winery.)

Renting an apartment or buying a home in San Francisco isn't all about outdoor activities though. There are also countless of neighborhood festivals, a great arts scene, and lots of professional sports.

Renting or buying in San Francisco, CA.

San Francisco is known for its tight housing market with rent and for sale prices higher than most other metro areas in the country. As with any other city, you need to conduct a extensive housing search. However, in San Francisco it is important to move quickly when you find a house or apartment that you like as nice places tend to go off the market quickly.

San Francisco Professional Sports Teams

MLB: San Francisco Giants, Cross Bay Rivals: Oakland Athletics

NBA: There is no NBA Team in San Francisco, but Oakland has the Golden State Warriors

NFL: San Francisco Forty-Niners, Cross Bay Rivals: Oakland Raiders

NHL: None in San Francisco, but San Jose Sharks

USL: California Victory