I guess while we're on the topic, I might as well kill it with TMI. The city in itself has its own little zones and flavors. I'm sure there are readers more familiar with the intricacies of each area, but Mission is really grunge and you could get mugged but in a cool way kinda thing. Major street cred if you pull a startup off from the Mission. SOMA has a bunch of newly minted apartment buildings. There are quite a few startup incubators (e.g. South Park) and existing startups (Six Apart) in the area. You'll also find office sharing available in that area. North Beach has its coffee shops and food. Potrero Hill is cheap and got its share of bars and convenient local good eats. On the west side of the city you got Golden Gate, Sunset, New Chinatown. If Soma and the Financial District are the respectable areas but culturally dead (unless you count Pacbell Park and Sony Metreon as culture) and Mission is the Wild Indie Fest, the rest are all somewhere in-between. Worth looking at if you're concerned about fit. And you can't afford Pacific Heights so skip it. Friend of mine was thinking of moving out to Russian Hill, claimed it was nice and close to a lot of clubs so it was convenient for the wink wink. OH yeah. Check out the Castro too. Walk ALL around the area... thats where you whip out your leather pants with no buttcheeks.