North Beach - Mostly ItalianChinatown - ChineseSOMA- South of Market is the newest residential area, previously was light industry. Now home to mostly upwardly mobile, young professionals.Financial District - Banks, offices and a few hotels.Union Square - Shopping and theatre district, lots of hotels and restaurants as well.Western Addition - Diverse residential area.Castro - Gay neighborhoodEureka/Noe Valley - Residential mostly white.Marina - Almost Exclusively white, many trust fund babiesMission - Very Ethnically diverse, mostly young hipsters, or working families, strong gang presence.Hunters Point/Portrero Hill - Mostly black, lots of projects, several gangs the most dangerous part of the city.Tenderloin - Low income diverse community with lots of children.Richmond - Diverse residential lots of Russian and Asian immigrantsSunset - Residential lots of Asians, lots of college studentsPacific Heights, Sea Cliff and Nob Hill - The three most expensive and exclusive neighborhoods in the city.
Mission - Latino neighborhoodCastro - GaysMarina - whiter areaBayview/Hunter s Point - the black ghetto of SF