San Francisco Bay Area: Your favorite things to do or places to go

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Check OOT for a recent SF neighborhoods thread. The Mission is probably the right answer for you.

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This is good advice. Try looking for a place in the western part of the Mission (Guerrero St, for example), which will put you close to all the Valencia St bars, but in a safer neighborhood.