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Here’s top 10 reasons to live in San Francisco for those of you thinking about moving here:

1. San Francisco is one of the “greenest” cities in the world.  (Ranked Top 5 in the U.S.)

2. San Francisco is surrounded by water and ocean breeze is better air than air in most other metropolitan cities.

3. San Francisco is one of the most diverse cities in the world.  (It’s also home to the biggest gay community in the world)

4. San Francisco is a mix of the beach/city/suburban setting all-in-one.  (Of course, it’d depend where you live)

5. San Francisco is cool in the summer and does not get cold as much as inland bay area cities.

6. Cheap Chinese food and cheap chinese groceries.  On contrary to your belief, San Francisco is actually cheaper in food prices if you shop at a “chinese” grocery where they don’t tax you like the major groceries.  Plus, there are so many Chinese restaurants that Chinese food gets very very cheap in San Francisco.

7. San Francisco is the heart of culture of the Western Hemisphere of the U.S.  There’s no other place like it period.

8. Lower crime rates and less race-related violence in San Francisco.  (than L.A.)

9. City life without the cost of city pollution.

10. Lots of fun stuff to do including clubbing, parks, museums, shopping, etc…etc…

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Sunset district is the part of San Francisco that is next to the ocean, basically the whole west part is mostly sunset.

Why is it called sunset?

Because the sunsets and you can see it everyday if you live in a high rise apartment or a house on a hill.

Of course, you can always head over to ocean beach too.

Parkmerced is a big complex of high rise apartments in the SF Sunset district area.  This is where I live.

Now, Parkmerced is actually adjacent to San Francisco State College, which makes it great place for college students to live but you do have to face some party noise and lots of construction.

Although I do have my complaints, it’s not that bad when you live on the top 12th floor.

So, if you ever decide to go live at Parkmerced, make sure to get 12th floor.  (The best time is around Summer time between July and August, you should be able to get a 12th floor apartment with an ocean view. )

Right now, I pay about $1800 in rent plus covered garage parking for a spacious 1 bedroom apartment.  The living room is fairely large and diamond shaped so it’s nice.

Sunset district is much cheaper than anywhere else in the city plus there’s lots of really cheap to-go chinese food as there are so many chinese restaurants, they are all competing so you pay less.

Sunset is also a lot less crowded and there’s more parking.  But, don’t expect it to be easy, anywhere in the city it’s a tough contest to find parking.

Other than the view, I guess my next plan is to move out right next to the Ocean and get a small house someday so I can walk to the beach.

Here’s some shots from the 12th floor at Parkmerced:

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