DISCOVER SAN FRANCISCO NEIGHBORHOODS

In many towns and cities across the United States, a neighborhood
is a geographic community where a number of homes were built, often by the same developer.

But because San Francisco mushroomed so rapidly, starting with the
California Gold Rush and never stopping, it's neighborhoods grew up a little differently.

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Painted Ladies in Haight-Ashbury

But don't despair, you'll also find there are many neighborhoods that are mutually agreed upon throughout the sources. This is where we'll start our explorations, but we'll include some of the lesser known secrets as well!

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Pacific Union Club on Nob Hill;
Photo by Suzi Rosenberg

After all, you won't usually find a sign out front with the area's population listed like real cities have.

It may sound like a cop-out, but I'd have to say that the answer depends on which neighborhood we're talking about.

Sometimes it's the complexity of the neighborhood's history that makes it what it is today; sometimes it's the people who live there now; sometimes it's the people who have always lived there.

For instance, Nob Hill - which is an affluent neighborhood by
anyone's standards - was first settled by industrialist magnates like Leland Stanford, and Mark Hopkins. The rich and famous of the late 1900s built their mansions atop Nob Hill for the views and to enjoy a location that was central to the burgeoning city.

Fishermans Wharf, on the other hand, was settled by Italian
fishermen in the early days of the California Gold Rush, and - while it's one of The City's most famous tourist attractions - it's also a working-class neighborhood, still characterized by the fishermen and their families who live and work there.

So come on, let's find out more about these special neighborhoods. We'll explore each of them, one-by-one...

We'll have more San Francisco neighborhoods to share with you in the coming weeks, but here's for starters:

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