[doo_daa]

Ok... I'm travelling to SF (I live in the UK) for a few days for work this August. I was looking forward to it but now I'm mainly scared! Is it still good to visit but just not to live in? The last time I was there was 2007. I've got a couple of days to myself whilst I'm there. What should I do?

[rsync]

I think you will do just fine.

I live in the SFBA and I continue to go there weekly and bring my family and children there, etc.

I would recommend Jackson square (Cotogna, Blue Bottle, Maison Nico) as a hangout spot, perhaps venturing uphill from there to the Grace Cathedral on the peak of Nob Hill[1] (remember: crime doesn't climb).

I would also highly recommend walking the top of the new transit center which is basically a High Line of the west[2] and is well worth your time and trouble.

If you want to glimpse, but not immerse yourself, in the angst and tension of post-pandemic SF, you can walk to Union Square.

Finally, get yourself to Hayes Valley without crossing through the Tenderloin as that is, without question, ground zero for all of the disturbing headlines.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Cathedral,_San_Francisco

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transbay_Transit_Center