alexs

wow, some vitriol about san francisco in this thread. another opinion, from someone who's lived in SF for quite a while: SFAI is on the easy side of russian hill, and nowhere near the top. it's less than 120 feet above sea level. not a big deal to bike or walk. the last half block is a little steep tho. also, what elevation it has means you get some nice views from campus. Muni can be annoying, it's public transportation, but nextmuni.com makes it predictable and thus bearable. you can find a decent one bedrooom/studio within 20 minutes of SFAI for a lot less than $2500. SF has rent control, and so you'll see vastly diverging rents in a neighborhood (or sometimes even in a building). you just need to do the legwork to find a decent place at an affordable rate. i pay a LOT less than $2500 for a nice studio on Cathedral Hill, up from Hayes Valley. SOMA is far from sketchy (except for where the tenderloin spills into it at 6th street, but Tulan is worth it). SOMA is home to a huge portion of the hi tech in San Francisco during the day and has expensive condos galore. also, there's a lot more to the mission than just hipsters, unless you never venture beyond valencia between 14th and 26th.