I Ranked San Francisco's BEST Neighborhoods (Tier List)

How weird that the Mission District, the Haight Ashbury District, Cole Valley, Hayes, and the Castro were left out. Those places offer real shopping opportunities that are walkable with some spectacularly beautiful Victorian architecture and ease of transport. Weird…..

Not mentioned— Buena Vista, upper Terrace
Not far from Shopping in Cole Valley and Noe

Outer Richmond has a population or nearly 60,000.... not a word?

It's disappointing to hear you call Bayview/Hunter's Point a terrible neighborhood, "worse or the worse." We bought a home there two years ago; community there feels good, many families, more people of color and diverse experiences, with a lot of potential and one of the few enclaves where black people still own their homes (despite the lack of affordability). Homelessness and crime is nowhere near what is seen in the Mission, Civic Center, and even North Beach. Calling the area terrible is perpetuating the stigma that contributes to the lack of investment. The ranking seems very targeted towards a specific financial and background profile, and much less generalized.

Had to remind myself that this is a real estate salesman’s “best and worst” list, which may have more to do with his potential commissions than with livability, safety, or diversity. Leaving out the best places for many of us along the way.

Corona Heights has been a wonderful neighborhood with great neighbors for the last several decades at least.

" a lot of chains" like that's a good thing. lol

I have to agree with some others. I appreciate that you mention multiple times that these are the neighborhoods you like, that its subjective. But the truth of San Francisco is that you find the community you love the best. For me it is Ashbury Heights, where I lived for many years. Also, must say, there is a straight white male yuppie bias that doesn't represent such a diverse and multicultural city. If I was returning to San Francisco and won the lottery, I would love to live on Russian or Telegraph Hill but honestly, how many people can afford it? And while St. Francis Wood is a stunning area, you pick it over West Portal, which in fact is a much more engaging community with not just the commercial area but the fast connection to downtown via underground Muni. St. Francis Wood is much more car dependent. I lived in Pacific Heights for 3 years and enjoyed it, but found it a bit crowded, lots of traffic, little bang for the buck and frankly, pretentious. I was much happier in the Ashbury Heights/Cole Valley area which had a much stronger sense of community than Pacific Heights and again, easy underground Muni access.

A List: Stuff white people like.

Kudos to you for attempting a near-impossible task. But as others have indicated, some problems in execution. There are many San Franciscans in the neighborhoods who infrequently go downtown, and proximity simply isn't an issue. And your A and S lists are almost entirely based on housing that is outside the budget of even San Franciscans who are doing well financially.

❤Lake street district but true it’s not quickly accessible to shops and restaurants. Same applies to sea cliff but the homes and views are as fabulous as you say. St Francis wood is gorgeous and peaceful as if Forest Hill( not extension) but there is rapid transit nearby to the heart of the city if you want to live in the neighborhood. Having lived in Pacific Heights and spending time mostly there and Presidio Hghts I agree that accessibility to shops restaurants, etc is unbeatable.

Good I hope he leaves the Crocker Park Excelsior District alone. We need to keep something for ourselves.

Thank you for your candid!

As a native san Franciscan yes I am I was born here53 years4 places I wouldn't want to live if they gave me the house for free Anywhere downtown Ships on top of concrete on ships on top of concrete Yeah you should look that up If there's ever a earthquake A big 1 we're talking like a 9 point or a 7 or 8 living in those prominent neighborhoods I wouldn't Another neighborhood Near the great highway Sea levels Climate change you may not believe it Take my word for it Chinatown Anywhere downtown Ships on top of concrete On top of ships and concrete you can look it up It's a lot of land field And if you don't believe me that's fine I was born here my family is always been here we've been here since the emancipation proclamation You know what that is slavery That's how long my family's been here Those are the 3 places I wouldn't live if they gave me money Or they gave me the house for free Where I am visitation valley is 1 of the oldest parts of San Francisco that in the procedure and the rock Those are the 3 places that are the oldest And they have never And they have never been built on mess with the land yes there's houses on presidio but if you go back and look at the maps from the founding of San Francisco you'll see the presidio Has always been there And the rock And visitation valley If you know the maps Those are not Ships and concrete and ships Like downtown is all that's landfield and you can look it up I would never wanna be there I wanna if there's ever a 7 point or a 8 point or 9 point earthquake They're gonna fall apart and I've been in some earthquakes that last 1In1989Yeah you should look that up

I live in USF/Lone Mountain. I love this neighborhood. Within walking distance to GG Park, Presidio, Panhandle, Clement Street, Geary corridor, and Haight Ashbury.

Liberty Hill ?

It doesn’t matter. The city is a garbage dump

Nothing about Potrero Hill? West Portal reasonable priced houses?

Looks like he ranked them by racial population. Total transplant.

I live in Cow Hollow, and it is wonderful! I don’t even have to drive, everything is in walking distance.

Where would Mission District fall on this tier list?