San Francisco

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a cultural, commercial, and financial center in the U.S. state of California. Located in Northern California, San Francisco is the 17th most populous city proper in the United States, and the fourth most populous in California, with 873,965 residents as of 2020. It covers an area of about 46.9 square miles (121 square kilometers), mostly at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city, and the fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. San Francisco is the 12th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States with 4.7 million residents, and the fourth-largest by economic output, with a GDP of $592 billion in 2019. With San Jose, it forms the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area, the fifth most populous combined statistical area in the United States, with 9.6 million residents as of 2019. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include SF, San Fran, The City, and Frisco. The Sanrio Inc. Headquarters was established in the area.

Sanrio Influence[]

The Headquarters of Sanrio Inc. was first established in the city of South San Francisco, and stores were established all across the San Francisco Bay Area, starting with the first Western Hemisphere store in San Jose's Eastridge Mall. Sanrio Inc. eventually moved to Los Angeles, and every store in the Bay Area was closed.

Sanrio did return to the Bay Area on November 8th, 2024 following the opening of their new store in Cupertino.

Neighborhoods[]

Alamo Square
Anza Vista
Ashbury Heights
Balboa Hollow
Balboa Terrace
Bayview-Hunters Point
Belden Place
Bernal Heights
Buena Vista
Butchertown
The Castro
Cathedral Hill
Cayuga Terrace
China Basin
Chinatown
Civic Center
Clarendon Heights
Cole Valley
Corona Heights
Cow Hollow
Crocker-Amazon
Design District
Diamond Heights
Dogpatch
Dolores Heights
Duboce Triangle
The Embarcadero
Eureka Valley
The Excelsior
The Fillmore
The Financial District
The Financial District South
Fisherman's Wharf
Forest Hill
Forest Knolls
Glen Park
Golden Gate Heights
Haight-Ashbury
Hayes Valley
Hunters Point
India Basin
Ingleside
Ingleside Terraces
The Inner Sunset
Irish Hill
Islais Creek
Jackson Square
Japantown
Jordan Park
Laguna Honda
Lake Street
Lakeside
Lakeshore
Laurel Heights
Lincoln Manor
Little Hollywood
Little Russia
Little Saigon
Lone Mountain
The Lower Haight
Lower Pacific Heights
Lower Nob Hill
The Marina
Merced Heights
Merced Manor
Midtown Terrace
Mid-Market
Miraloma Park
Mission Bay
The Mission
Mission Dolores
Mission Terrace
Monterey Heights
Mount Davidson
Nob Hill
Noe Valley
North Beach
North of Panhandle
Oceanview
The Outer Mission
The Outer Sunset
Pacific Heights
Panhandle
Parkmerced
The Parkside
Parnassus
Polk Gulch
Portola
Portola Place
Portero Hill
The Presidio
Presidio Heights
The Richmond
Rincon Hill
Russian Hill
Saint Francis Wood
Sea Cliff
Sherwood Forest
Silver Terrace
South Beach
South End
South Side
South Park
Sunnydale
Sunnyside
The Sunset
Telegraph Hill
The Tenderloin
Treasure Island
Twin Peaks
Union Square
University Mound
Upper Market
Visitacion Valley
Vista del Mar
West Portal
The Western Addition
Westwood Heights
Westwood Park
Yerba Buena

Cities in the San Francisco Bay Area[]

Alameda
Albany
American Canyon
Antioch
Atherton
Belmont
Belvedere
Benicia
Berkeley
Brentwood
Brisbane
Burlingame
Calistoga
Campbell
Clayton
Cloverdale
Colma
Concord
Corte Madera
Cotati
Cupertino
Daly City
Danville
Dixon
Dublin
East Palo Alto
El Cerrito
Emeryville
Fairfax
Fairfield
Foster City
Fremont
Gilroy
Half Moon Bay
Hayward
Healdsburg
Hercules
Hillsborough
Lafayette
Larkspur
Livermore
Los Altos
Los Altos Hills
Los Gatos
Martinez
Menlo Park
Mill Valley
Millbrae
Milpitas
Monte Sereno
Moraga
Morgan Hill
Mountain View
Napa
Newark
Novato
Oakland
Oakley
Orinda
Pacifica
Palo Alto
Petaluma
Piedmont
Pinole
Pittsburg
Pleasant Hill
Pleasanton
Portola Valley
Redwood City
Richmond
Rio Vista
Rohnert Park
Ross
St. Helena
San Anselmo
San Bruno
San Carlos
San Francisco
San Jose
San Leandro
San Mateo
San Pablo
San Rafael
San Ramon
Santa Clara
Santa Rosa
Saratoga
Sausalito
Sebastopol
Sonoma
South San Francisco
Suisun City
Sunnyvale
Tiburon
Union City
Vacaville
Vallejo
Walnut Creek
Windsor
Woodside
Yountville

Airports[]

Buchanan Field Airport (CCR)
Charles M. Schulz - Sonoma County Airport (STS)
Hayward Executive Airport (HWD)
Livermore Municipal Airport (LVK)
Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)
Nut Field Airport
Oakland International Airport (OAK)
Petaluma Municipal Airport
Reid-Hillview Airport (RHV)
San Francisco International Airport (SFO)

Known Landmarks[]

Alcatraz Island
Ansel Adams Historic Social Path
Apple Park
Baker Beach Sand Ladder
Balclutha
Battery Crosby
Battery East Trail
Battery Lancaster
Battery Marcus Miller
California Academy of Sciences
Camera Obscura
Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
Chase Center
Coit Tower
Conservatory of Flowers
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Cupid's Span
De Young Museum
Dragon Gate
Ferry Building
Filbert Steps
Fisherman's Wharf
Fort Miley Military Reservation
Fort Point
Fox Oakland
George R. Moscone Convention Center
Ghirardelli Square
Golden Gate
Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Park Windmills & Tulips
Grace Cathedral
Grace Theater
Grateful Dead House
Greenwich Steps
H. Dana Bowers Rest Area
Holocaust Memorial at California Palace of the League of Honor
Hopper's Hands
Jack London Square
Janis Joplin Tree
Japanese Tea Garden
Joseph Strauss Statue
Levi's Stadium
Lincoln Park Steps
Lombard Street
Merced Manor Reservoir
Mission Dolores Basilica
Mount Olympus
Murphy Windmill
Nightingale House
Oakland-Jack London Station
Oakland Arena
Old St. Mary's Cathedral + Chinese Mission
Oracle Park
Painted Ladies
Palace of Fine Arts
Peace Pagoda
Pier 39
Pier 43 Ferry Arch
Pier 45 off Embarcadero
Pioneer Monument
Pixar Animation Studios
Portals of the Past
Prayerbook Cross
Salesforce Tower
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
San Francisco Bay Ferry
San Francisco City Hall
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Skyline Sightseeing San Francisco
Spreckles Mansion
SS Jeremiah O'Brien
Sutro Baths
Sutro Tower
The Castro Theater
The Cathedral of Christ the Light
The Wave Organ
The Westerfeld House
Transamerica Pyramid
Twin Peaks
USS Pampanito
USS San Francisco Memorial
Veterans Memorial
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts