The Tenderloin: Authenticity Untouched
For the faint of heart, the Tenderloin is often a neighborhood warned to stray from. Its discerning character bares its bad reputation like a an ill-advised tattoo placed on a coed's lower back. I've lived in the Tenderloin area for roughly three years now and despite its coarse exterior and obvious points of "shadiness"– its quite a discovery once you give it try, sort of like kale.
Christian is a gentleman, a rapscallion of sorts, championing community and content at Airbnb.
Hayes Valley: Where Upscale Meets Offbeat
Hayes Valley has up-and-come from its gritty roots in just the last twenty years: once-blighted, it’s now aggressively upscale. The central attraction in Hayes Valley is Hayes Street itself. East of Laguna St. and West of Van Ness are located some of the most chic shops, restaurants, galleries, and nightclubs that San Francisco has to offer. You’ll find a top-end men’s suit store, weird designer furniture treated with epoxy resin, and chocolate sculptures that are frankly too beautiful to eat all on the same block here.
Raphael is a host on Airbnb. Check out his sweet, sweet pad here: Sunny Hayes Apartment!.
Guide to the Mission District
I’ve lived in the Mission for five years and there’s only one real drawback: its hard to ever get out to another neighborhood. There’s a lot to do, and friends often end up there to hang out. My friend in Nob Hill perennially makes fun of me for never traversing north of Market Street; I usually just laugh at such commentary and tell him to move along, we have a Mission burrito joint to get to.
Sasha is a user experience researcher hailing from the Soviet Union and a frequent traveler on Airbnb.
