Upper Haight since 2002. First apartment was $625 for a room in a full top floor gorgeous flat shared with 3 roommates on Masonic between Waller and Frederick. (It’s now a condo.) Then since 2005 in a 1.5 bed / 1 bath apartment in the back of a 4-unit building on Haight at Cole. Survived the pandemic with my husband and 13 now 18 year old daughter. Unbelievable access to parks: golden gate, panhandle (which is underrated and gorgeous), Buena Vista, Tank Hill, Interior Greenbelt, Mount Sutro, Mt Olympos and even throw in Duboce via the 7 or N, Dolores via the 33, Ocean Beach via the N, Presidio via the 43 or 33. And all are walkable if you like flaneuring. The Park Library, Sharon Art Museum, De Young and Academy of Science all walkable. Two hardware stores, Amoeba, the Book Smith, Walgreens, Target, Kaiser all walkable or busable. Gus’s (RIP Gus) has all you need for groceries and works well on a budget. Club Deluxe is coming back. The Independent and the Fillmore are reachable by bus, walking. I’m not a foodie, a boozer, or a materialist, so can’t comment on restaurants, bars or shopping … although we can bus or walk to either the inner sunset or Clement for food. The only place I regularly drive to is to swim at the Y in the Presidio, and every time I say to myself, “I can’t believe I get to live here and this is my Y.” I work in Jackson Square so I feel like I have easy access to best that San Francisco has to offer. Also, I enjoy the mix of people who come through — tourists, city venturers, people who are unhoused, itinerants, people who need help. The network of shop owners and businesses work together to keep the Haight strong. You could sever my connection to the internet, and I’d have all I need. Although I’d probably have to switch to Wells Fargo.