[Daniel_sk]

I would recommend spending a week or two there first. I was astonished how many crazy and homeless people are on the streets and theft/crime levels (broken windows on cars is now nothing uncommon). Do you want to actually live directly in SF or somewhere in the surrounding cities?

[chrisseaton]

Are those issues only in the downtown area or they extend to the residential areas to the west as well?

[inferiorhuman]

It's not as bad west of Twin Peaks, but there are still homeless folks living there. I'm baffled by the folks who think there aren't any homeless people out west (presumably they never go out at night). You'd be hard pressed to find any city in the Bay Area without a homeless problem.

[prpl]

Not really in the western neighborhoods except in a few select spots. You can live in those neighborhoods without seeing it except when you go to the grocery store, parts of Golden Gate park, or the beach

[thatfrenchguy]

Never seen this in the Haight, Mission, Noe, really anything west of van ness. You can also not get a car :)

[inferiorhuman]

You're joking, right? Personal experiences with the other neighborhoods you've mentioned aside, the Haight has been a mecca for drug use and homeless youth for more than fifty years now.

[thatfrenchguy]

The haight outside of the street itself is fine though.

[inferiorhuman]

The haight outside of the street itself is fine though.

Erm, no. At the very least the panhandle is like two blocks over.