The western most part of San Francisco closest to Ocean Beach. Where Karl the Fog shares the stage with epic sunsets, huge waves and beach culture (albeit with a fleece and wetsuits most times), the Sunset and Parkside are where the Avenues are with the rows upon rows of homes built from the 1930s to the 1960s as part of California’s Baby Boom. Now the homes are more affordable solutions for people wanting space, parking and a single-family house.
Western Portion of the City
Golden Gate Park, Ocean Beach, Grand View Park, McCoppin, Stern Grove, Pine Lake Park, Sunset Rec Center
Irving (9th Avenue and Irving)(19th to 25th Avenue), Noriega (19th to 23rd Ave)(30th Ave - 33rd)(44th Ave - 46th Ave) Judah (43rd Ave - 46th Ave), Taraval (17th Ave - 33rd Ave), Sunset Farmers Market/Night Market
District 2: The West (part 2)
The Sunset: Realtors came up with the name of course
The Highlights
The Outer Sunset/Parkside: Large swaths of rectangular homes laid out in giant grids in coastal setting. Massive mid-century building boom of relatively uniform houses (the Junior 5, center patio, tunnel entry, etc) laid out along alphabetical and numbered streets Known for fog (Karl), good schools, Ocean Beach, and the N-Judah and L-Taraval MUNI lines serve area even though most homes come with parking. Many unwarranted in-law spaces on ground levels shared with garages.Â
The Central Sunset: Features standard 2-bed, 1-bath homes, with some larger houses having 3+ bedrooms and 1+ bathrooms, various specialty ‘upgraded’ blocks with more details, embellishments (Rousseau homes)
The Inner Sunset: Divided into two parts, one closer to Lincoln and 19th Avenue with Victorian/Edwardian houses, and another closer to UCSF with big Arts & Craft houses.
Golden Gate Heights:Â Above the Inner Sunset and near Forest Hill, the top of a large rock outcropping that extends all the way towards the beach). More uniform original, mid-century homes, some with epic views over the Sunset to the ocean. Larger parcels but with unusable slopes, Steep hills/curvy; fierce blown fog.Â
The Parkside The Outer Sunset/Parkside variation: various recent-build condominiums. Various projects contemplated, poster child for up-zoning debates. Also, Slow Street/permanent closure of Great Highway was much-debated topic
What About It?
USEFUL LINKS ABOUT THE CITY
- How the City thinks of its neighborhoods - CCSF
- Latest Demographics in San Francisco - SF Chronicle reporting Census data
- The 5 Political Clusters of San Francisco (as based on voting precinct information) SF Chronicle
- How policymakers can’t agree on what SF neighborhood boundaries are - SF Chronicle
- Look up Walk Scores - Walkscore
San Francisco Maps - Eater SF- The Body Politic from 2024 the redder parts of the City - SF Chronicle
- Will it be Foggy Today?
2E - Central Sunset
2D - Parkside | 2G - Inner Parkside 2C - Outer Sunset2F - Inner Sunset
2A - Golden Gate HeightsPrices in District 2 Compared to San Francisco
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