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San Francisco
San Francisco occupies just 48 hilly square miles at the tip of a slender peninsula, almost perfectly centered along the California coast. Arguably the most beautiful, certainly the most liberal city in the US, it remains true to itself: a funky, individualistic, surprisingly small city whose people pride themselves on being the cultured counterparts to their cousins in LA. It's a compact and approachable place, where downtown streets rise on impossible gradients to reveal stunning views of the city, the bay, and beyond.

It's estimated that over half of San Francisco's population originates from somewhere else. It is a city in a constant state of evolution, fast gentrifying itself into one of the most high-end towns on earth – thanks, in part, to the disposable incomes pumped into it from its sizeable singles and gay contingents. Gay capital of the world, San Francisco has also been the scene of the dot.com revolution's meteoric rise, fall and steadier recovery. The resultant wealth has pushed housing prices sky high. Despite the city's economic ebbs and flows, your impression of the city will be that of a proudly distinct place.

San Francisco is a city of hills and distinct neighborhoods. As a general rule, elevation means wealth – the higher up you are, the better off you are. The hilly surface is home to more than 40 neighborhoods, if not more. The claims to fame and the local lore in the “hoods,” are all a wonderful, exuberant part of the Only in San Francisco experience. No two neighborhoods are alike and each is worth a closer look. Click HERE to explore the real character and characters in San Francisco and to get a snapshot of what there is to see and do

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