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Learn about living in the Richmond (Inner, Central Outer), San Francisco neighborhood real estate, home sales and price data, local features, and more.
Welcome to another episode of Where Should I Live in San Francisco?
I’m Lauren Neuschel with The Krishnan Team and I’m going to share more about San Francisco’s Richmond District.
It’s a historic, beautiful, amazing place to live and people love to live here because it’s centrally located and people love to live here because it’s centrally located it’s in the middle of expansive parks and it has a really close sense of community with a mix of quiet and vibrance while still being in San Francisco proper.
The Richmond actually consists of 3 smaller subdistricts that have a lot of similarities and a lot of differences. You have the Outer, Central, and Inner Richmond.
Surrounded on three sides by parkland and the ocean the Richmond District borders Golden Gate Park to the south Lincoln Park and Sutro Heights Park to the north and Ocean Beach to the west. You also have smaller but beautiful beaches in China Beach and Baker Beach which are on the north side and also have stunning views of the Golden Gate Bridge and the Marin Headlands.
So what is it like to live in this part of town? For those that love the outdoors the Richmond is a prime neighborhood. It’s probably the neighborhood with the most access to green space and ocean. Its proximity to Golden Gate Park the Presidio, Lands End, and Ocean Beach provide the perfect outdoor retreats.
Getting a workout in is really, really easy in this part of town with easy access to Kezar Stadium recreational activities in Golden Gate Park from golf to pickleball, tennis, baseball, lawn bowling and of course countless walking trails and running paths and biking path as well.
For those that haven’t been to Stow Lake it’s a gem in Golden Gate Park. A really popular thing to do in the Richmond District is to explore the Sutro Baths. They’re a historic landmark they’re beautiful, touching the ocean and a really picturesque place to take photos. Lands End has a beautiful hiking path that hugs the cliffs that overlook the bay and Golden Gate Bridge. The trail starts at the historic Sutro Baths and ends at the famed Sea Cliff neighborhood.
If culture and activities are important to you each park has something for you to explore. The de Young Museum and California Academy of Sciences are great places to spend an afternoon in Golden Gate Park with rotating exhibits so you will never stay away for too long.
Cultural diversity is at the core of this neighborhood. The Richmond is also known as San Francisco’s second Chinatown because of its high concentration of Chinese establishments. You’ll find a wide array of different cuisines from Vietnamese, Burmese, Thai, Korean and even really popular Russian establishments as well.
Some local favorites include PPQ Dungeness for fresh Dungeness crab Burma Superstar has an amazing tea leaf salad Cinderella Bakery for a cafe, a bowl of borscht and other Russian treats.
For local favorite shops I love Green Apple Books which is a San Francisco mainstay. Fleet Woods is StudioNico’s gallery and boutique offering locally made art clothing and home goods. And for the chefs out there Kamei Houseware is the best place to go for any cooking gadget you could ever want.
Just like the Outer Sunset, Inner Sunset and Central Sunset of San Francisco the Richmond has 3
different subdistricts. So what’s the difference between them?
The Outer Richmond is a little bit hillier than the other two but it also offers ocean views and some Golden Gate Bridge views as well. If you’re looking for the most vibrancy of Golden Gate Park the Inner Richmond is the closest to those places like the museums, the Japanese gardens there’s a lot more to do as you get closer to downtown in terms of Golden Gate Park.
In terms of housing housing here is comprised mostly of single-family homes with some condos sprinkled in. On average the single-family homes in this area of town range from $2 million up to $2.6 million with the Outer Richmond being the more affordable and the Inner Richmond being the higher end of that price range.
When comparing the Richmond with single-family homes across the park in the Sunset the Sunset and the Richmond are very comparable neighborhoods. There’s about a $300,000 difference with the Richmond being more expensive. That said, the homes in the Richmond are generally larger than those in the Sunset.
So in terms of a price per square foot basis the price per square foot of the Richmond even though it’s more expensive is lower than the Sunset. So if you can afford to live in the Richmond some may say that you get a little bit more bang for your buck in terms of size of house.
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The Richmond may largely be zoned for single houses but has many older buildings ranging from two units to thirty-six or more units. In addition, a sizeable number of condominiums have been erected in the district in the last thirty years and many, more are likely to be fast-tracked, further increasing the population density of the district in the near future. If you are thinking something along the New York brownstones with different architecture, this not the place. On another note, it is sandier and colder out there than in most of the rest of the city, and the water supply to fight fires in case of a major earthquake is limited.
Thanks for your informative videos. We are relocating to SF and will be in touch.
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