Tenderloin / Mid-Market to be #1 Neighborhood for Housing Development! Is It Gettin' Bou-Ghetto!?9/3/2013
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Mission Local recaps the documentary: Imagine rents going up three, four, even seven times in a single year! This was the case for many Mission and San Francisco residents in 1978, the year before the Board of Supervisors approved rent control. Documentary film maker Charles Bolton and the production company Optic Nerve, now Ideas In Motion, caught the angst in “Pushed Out For Profit.” The film aired on KQED on Sept. 6, 1978. Seems San Francisco has always been the battle ground for the have's and have-not's. Rising rent and real estate prices are as contentious now as they were then. Check out the cameo from Harvey Milk! Hop over to Mission Local to see 6 more quick clips. Babies Make You Go Broke! San Francisco & San Jose Most Expensive Cities in Nation to be Parent8/10/2013 My prior post was about people sans kids in San Francisco. But what about the people who DO have kids here? Apparently, a new study reveals that San Francisco is the 4th most expensive city to raise kids in. (San Jose is #1). Well no wonder parents are fleeing the city. If you ain't a trust fund baby some IT guy who cashed out from IPO, how can you afford to maintain your standard of living PLUS raise a baby not in poverty in SF?! You can't! So you move to the East Bay, Peninsula or Marin. I hear this all the time from my clients. That's why I had my tubes tied. LOL! According to a new Redfin study, 3 of the 5 most expensive cities for new parents are in the Bay Area. Expenses analyzed include housing, utilities (energy costs), childcare, healthcare, and retail items needed for babies. And by Redfin’s calculations, San Jose is the most expensive in the country, followed by Santa Cruz, CA. San Francisco takes 4th place. Estately lists the best cities for people without kids...and no surprise, SF is tops! If you walk around the city, you won't see kids older than 6 yrs old. They all moved out. This articles says SF is best place for childless people due to SF having highest numbers of restaurants per capita ($ spent on food, instead of piano lessons). But if you ask me, I think it is because: 1. the schools in SF aren't good. For the high tech/affluent denizens who place a high emphasis on education, of course they are gonna move out to the 'burbs for top API scores! Duh! 2. High LBGTQ population, who historically have not had as many kids as hetero counterparts. 3. We are ALL SO WORK-driven! Who has time to pro-create!? “San Francisco is the best city for childfree living,” says Karen Foster, author of No Way Baby! Exploring, Understanding and Defending the Decision NOT to Have Children. “As the frontrunner in alternative lifestyles, you have to do a lot more than not have kids to be considered odd in San Francisco. I lived there from age nineteen to thirty-two and was never once asked when I was getting married and/or having babies. It’s a place where the childfree may roam free.”
Innerestin' factoid: Buyers paying in cash accounted for 27.6 percent of sales in May, down a bit from April. The monthly average back to 1998 is 13.1 percent. Read more here!
The Atlantic Cities takes a look back when things were looking rosy for California. It seemed anything was possible back then, eh? (Time to bust out with my faded jean bell bottoms and Flower Power T-shirt!) Peace y'all! The late 1960s was a decidedly more optimistic time in the history of San Francisco's BART system. Now I know what Ambrose Bierce meant when he said "This city is a point upon a map of fog." Oakland photographer Simon Christen shot this absolutely mystical & gorgeous video entitled "Adrift" as a "love letter to the fog of the SF Bay." Watch & be mesmerized! San Francisco International Airport (SFO) I shot this last image from my Instagram! Follow me if you aren't yet! I'll rock your world!
Census Says SF Full of OverEducated, Overseas, Overpaid Gays! (Not Necessarily In That Order Though)6/18/2013
The apartment rental startup Zumper has updated its maps of the median rents for one and two bedroom apartments in San Francisco by neighborhood. It found that the median price for a one-bedroom in the city is now $2,764. The median price for a two-bedroom is $4,000. Do you ever see those floating boxes on Mission Creek by AT&T park? Those are homes! And the Decoist highlights a spectacular one here.
Got a tweet asking why rent is so darn much in SF?! See below. Did I miss any explanations?
![]() Ashley Madison, the infamous hook up site for married people seeking affairs, posted the top 10 cheating neighborhoods in San Francisco. SF Weekly reports: "San Francisco is a great place to have an extramarital affair, especially in the wealthy enclaves of the city, where you are most likely to find a cheating spouse". Hoity Toity Pac Heights, Fidi, & Marina Districts lead the pack. But you can't just blame the men. I know a whole lotta females who vulture these 'hoods hoping to marry up too! Just sayin' Uh oh! The listing for 2845 Broadway at $38,500,000 was suddenly ripped from the MLS! Rumor has it the most expensive home in SF ( currently owned by the Sperlings) is actually (and finally!) under contract. 2845 Broadway was purchased for $32Min 2002, remodeling the 17,500 sq ft main home & 6,000 sq ft guest house soared over $20M...and it's not even finished! It will set back a buyer another $8-16 million to complete the build.
Per SocketSite, "Originally listed for $65,000,000 in 2006, if the sale of 2845 Broadway closes within 14 percent of its most recent list price it will be the most expensive home ever sold in San Francisco, relegating 2840 Broadway to the penultimate position at $33,000,000." Please send me tips if you know any details about the deal or buyers!!
Silicon Valley is the hot bed of technology! ....But everyone wants to live in San Francisco. So corporations like EA, Yahoo, Apple, Facebook, Google have private shuttle systems to ferret their little worker bees to work and home. These are secret lines, but my peeps at Uptown Almanac have published it!
East Coast West Coast Culture: Bostonians Are Social Climbers. San Franciscans 'Live & Let Live'9/21/2012 From Huffington Post: New research finds that this West Coast-East Coast culture clash isn't just media stereotyping. In fact, people living in the east coast city of Boston closely link their overall life satisfaction with how content they are with their own social status. In San Francisco, residents don't make the same connection, reflecting a more individualistic, free-to-be-me culture.
Eco-Friendly Home Decorating Ideas w/ Herman
for San Francsico Chonicle You better watch! After all green homes sell for 9% more than non-green homes! ![]() Click image for Baroque Design Tips! As many of you know, San Francisco Chronicle teamed up with me for their Home Decorating Video Series! First topic is about Baroque interior design tips. Watch as I deftly weave in men in tights & Madonna (Can't help it. It's my frame of reference!). Bust out that powdered wig & enjoy! |
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