San Francisco is a melting pot of ethnic and cultural diversity. It is home to many of the most famous tourist attractions in the world. Its restaurants, shopping, education and housing are world-renowned. From downtown San Francisco, the best view of the Bay is from a California Street cable car on top of Nob Hill. Cable cars are popular props in movies and television shows, such as Karl Malden's "The Streets of San Francisco." Many movie scenes include Lombard Street, its steep, zigzagged pavement perfect for police chases and action sequences. San Francisco's downtown skyscrapers provide a stunning backdrop for Alamo Square's famous "postcard row," a tight, escalating formation of Victorian houses.
Unique San Francisco neighborhoods give the City its inner beauty and historic legacy. A myriad of communities in the Northwest, Central West, Southwest, Twin Peaks West, Central, Central North, North, Northeast, Central East and Southeast districts have their own distinct flavor. Home prices in San Francisco range affordably from $265,000 in the Southeast District community of Bayview to $13.5 million in prestigious Pacific Heights. More than 58,600 students are served by the San Francisco Unified School District. Are institutions of higher learning, include Stanford University, the University of San Francisco and the University of California at San Francisco.
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