The Sunset District Was Built By An Aggressive YIMBY
The neighborhood that feels so permanent today was, in its moment, one of the most aggressive building sprees the city had ever seen....
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I love you, roommates of San Francisco!
The cool part is, we lived with a total fucking stranger and made memories....
What to Actually Check Before Renting in SF
The listing photos are lying to you. Here's what San Franciscans actually check in those nine frantic minutes before signing, from the trash chute to the rent-control loophole that decides whether you get to stay....
Ten Things About San Francisco That Are Annoying AF
We should all be so lucky to live in San Francisco, even if there are a lot of things about...
12 Ways Growing Up in San Francisco Has Ruined Me for Other Cities
There are a few drawbacks to growing up and living in the City by the Bay that would make it difficult to live as successfully in any other city in the world....
Why I Like to Steal
Let me be clear: I’m not a kleptomaniac and it’s not a compulsion. You can have me over without worrying that something will be missing after I’m gone....
Oh secret concrete yard, I love you
You aren’t something the tourists are privy to. A person has to live here, or know someone who lives here, to understand the thrill of secret concrete yards, of being boxed in by Victorian giants and hemmed in by laundry and power lines behind old San Francisco apartment buildings....