If I live in the tenderloin, are there "bad" areas I should be avoiding? (apartment, lease)

[tigerbalmointment]

Perhaps this question might not make sense; I've been going through online and saw a lot of people say that certain areas of the tenderloin are more concentrated with problematic aspects of that town, more so than other areas of the tenderloin.

I think I've decided on living in taylor suites, which is a studio on 250 taylor st (it's on taylor and ellis facing the hilton hotel there). Can any SFers or Tenderloiners comment on this? Is there a particular street corner or a set of street blocks that I should try to bypass? I'm probably going to come off work late at 9 to 10pm, and I just wanted to see if I should be avoiding a certain path on my walk back to the apartment.

[mayorhaggar]

It's not bad in the sense that it's right at the edge of where the TL blends into the Union Square area, so you just need to walk a block to the east and get away from the scuzz, but it's where Glide Memorial Church is so you'll see a ton of homeless people lounging around waiting for aid handouts.

[0'Farrell]

turk and taylor
jones and ellis
golden gate and leavensworth
ellis and leavensworth
eddy and leavensworth
jones and o'farrell


Many more. Turk and Taylor is the worst.

[tigerbalmointment]

wow an extensive list...

[marilyn220]

Originally Posted by tigerbalmointment

Perhaps this question might not make sense; I've been going through online and saw a lot of people say that certain areas of the tenderloin are more concentrated with problematic aspects of that town, more so than other areas of the tenderloin.

I think I've decided on living in taylor suites, which is a studio on 250 taylor st (it's on taylor and ellis facing the hilton hotel there). Can any SFers or Tenderloiners comment on this? Is there a particular street corner or a set of street blocks that I should try to bypass? I'm probably going to come off work late at 9 to 10pm, and I just wanted to see if I should be avoiding a certain path on my walk back to the apartment.

How much is your rent gonna be for this studio? I'm just curious.

[tigerbalmointment]

it's a short term lease, so it's really expensive...a little over 1900 (all utilities included for 3 months)

[tigerbalmointment]

and furnished

[0'Farrell]

Originally Posted by tigerbalmointment

and furnished

As a matter of fact, EVERY block in the Tenderloin. A lady was robbed there today I think. A 30 year old woman pulled over on Leavensworth to find her phone in the backseat. Some guy robbed her and killed her dog.

[wooliemonster]

So, is it really as bad as people say? My yuppie-fied neighborhood in Houston is also a place that caters to homeless people -- all of the social services are concentrated here, churches feed them, some flop houses, etc. I can handle panhandlers, vagrants walking around, not leaving valuables in the car, etc. Is it really a huge danger of being mugged/killed? Worse than where I've already lived for a decade?

I ask this because I've heard many people here say, "oh, I couldn't live there, too dangerous" but the worst thing that has happened in all my years is some packages UPS left on the sidewalk being stolen.

[dragontales]

Move ASAP!