730 Vermont Street #1
San Francisco, CA 94107

Potrero Hill is one of the sunniest neighborhoods in San Francisco, located on the eastern side of the peninsula, flanked by the San Francisco Bay, it is insulated from the fog and chill of the Pacific Ocean that is typical on the western side of the city. It is a residential neighborhood and not considered a tourist designation. Although it is not the most walkable neighborhood in San Francisco due to its hills, it is generally considered a very convenient location due to its proximity to offices, shopping, dining, entertainment, freeways and Caltrain. Despite being surrounded by busy neighborhoods, Potrero Hill is quiet and sleepy.

Potrero Hill started as a Caucasian working-class neighborhood in the 1850s. Its central location attracted many working professionals during the dot-com era. Today, it is mostly an upper-middle class family-oriented neighborhood. In addition to Freeway 101 and 280, Caltrain also runs through this area; making it popular with commuters to southbound Silicon Valley. Most homes in Potrero Hill have views of the downtown skyline, the San Francisco Bay or Twin Peaks.

Potrero Hill has a North and a South Slope, with the North Slope generally more coveted due to its promixity to downtown and its distance from the housing projects. There is no clear dividing line between North and South as the hill apexes in various places. The demographics of the two are mostly similar with the exception of two notorious public housing projects (Potrero Terrace and Potrero Annex) situated on the South Slope. The projects occupy over one third of the South Slope and stand in sharp contrast to the more affluent homes in the neighborhood. The poorly designed, curvy and diagonal grids of the housing projects isolate their residents from the greater neighborhood. Plan is in place to tear them down in 2013 and build mixed-income housing. The presence of the housing projects make the South Slope generally less desirable than the North Slope and housing prices and rent tend to be higher the further they are away from the projects.