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I disagree, this question is all to important when considering moving to SF!! I admire your planning skills and I do hope you move there! I lived in SF for almost 6 years myself and the neighborhood you call home can really make or break you! Hayes Valley is a great area, but be prepared to pay for it just like any other nice area of the city. You could also look into Nob Hill for localized living and cute studios, Upper Haight is also great, North Beach! BEWARE of the "helping"
hands of metro rent and citi apartments, you pay WAY more and they only help you with their rental properties which makes the prices sky rocket! Shop around...A LOT. No one has really addressed the area of costs....I agree this part will change in the upward direction, but be prepared for a "nice" studio to be around $1,200 + and 1 bdrms are going to be almost $2,000 in the neighborhoods that have been suggested. If you can handle a little grime, some areas of the mission and tender-nob are do-able, but just KNOW the area. You cross over one block and the world shifts. Also, do NOT second hand shop for furniture....can you say bed bug land (also the Marina/cow hollow is just infested with these little boogers)!! Good luck!