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Haight St
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Just now
- Neighborly Spirit
- Safe & Sound
- Clean & Green
- Pest Free
- Peace & Quiet
- Eating Out
- Nightlife
- Parks & Recreation
- Shopping Options
- Gym & Fitness
- Internet Access
- Lack of Traffic
- Parking
- Cost of Living
- Public Transport
- Medical Facilities
- Schools
"From a renter on Shrader near Haight"
Easy to enjoy this area if you are young, physically fit, a risk taker.
Very interesting neighborhood if you love popular music -- a guitar store and Amoeba Records
Fascinating neighborhood if you are interested in vintage clothing.
A difficult neighborhood if you are elderly and or mobility impaired.
A very difficult neighborhood if you dislike bad manners
Hellish neighborhood if you own a car and do not have garage space. We are vulnerable
to smash and grab robberies. Never, ever leave belongings in your car -- not for one
split second.
OK neighborhood if you managed to get in on rent control - know your tenant rights. Evictions
are up, due to escalating property values
Traffic on Haight Street is chaos -- skateboarders amid vehicle traffic, too many buses and
trucks, jaywalkers.
Sidewalks a snarl: dog droppings, slow moving tourists, skateboarders, clumps of
nomads begging, adult illegal sidewalk cyclists.
A very difficult neighborhood if you own property near Haight Street. Graffiti vandalism -- you, the
property owner pay for its removal. You the property owner are cast as automatic villain
if you protest about quality of life issues. Needles, debris in your front yard.
Nomads on your steps and sometimes in your back yard. You may have to pay extra
to install a security gate or higher walls to keep people out of your property. Police .only tell them to move along.
One of the worst areas in San Francisco for second hand smoke - tobacco, weed, auto exhaust.
Things I love: Proximity to library at UC Medical Center. A small gem of a public library on Page Street, near Cole with a nice children's program.
Interesting private schools -- Grattan Elementary and Urban School
One bookstore, (Booksmith) but mostly glossy popular books.
Very interesting neighborhood if you love popular music -- a guitar store and Amoeba Records
Fascinating neighborhood if you are interested in vintage clothing.
A difficult neighborhood if you are elderly and or mobility impaired.
A very difficult neighborhood if you dislike bad manners
Hellish neighborhood if you own a car and do not have garage space. We are vulnerable
to smash and grab robberies. Never, ever leave belongings in your car -- not for one
split second.
OK neighborhood if you managed to get in on rent control - know your tenant rights. Evictions
are up, due to escalating property values
Traffic on Haight Street is chaos -- skateboarders amid vehicle traffic, too many buses and
trucks, jaywalkers.
Sidewalks a snarl: dog droppings, slow moving tourists, skateboarders, clumps of
nomads begging, adult illegal sidewalk cyclists.
A very difficult neighborhood if you own property near Haight Street. Graffiti vandalism -- you, the
property owner pay for its removal. You the property owner are cast as automatic villain
if you protest about quality of life issues. Needles, debris in your front yard.
Nomads on your steps and sometimes in your back yard. You may have to pay extra
to install a security gate or higher walls to keep people out of your property. Police .only tell them to move along.
One of the worst areas in San Francisco for second hand smoke - tobacco, weed, auto exhaust.
Things I love: Proximity to library at UC Medical Center. A small gem of a public library on Page Street, near Cole with a nice children's program.
Interesting private schools -- Grattan Elementary and Urban School
One bookstore, (Booksmith) but mostly glossy popular books.
Cons
- If you are wealthy, food shopping is a pleasure, though lines are long at Haight Natural Produce. If you are on a budget, you have to go outside the Haight to find a supermarket.
- If you live on or near Haight Street, you deal with mass public events which bring enormous numbers of people into the area -- and create traffic upsets of biblical proportions. *Hardly Strictly Bluegrass * Bay to Breakers * Haight Street Fair ***420 Day
- If you own a car, parking is hellish -- unless you own or can rent garage space. Motorcycles may be tipped over. Big uptick in car break ins and smash and grab robberies.
- Crowded
- Kind of dirty
- Not for the uptight
Recommended for
- Professionals
- Hipsters
- Trendy & Stylish
