Fantastic apartment, even better than the pictures. Spacious, clean, impeccably furnished. We loved coming home to this modern oasis and would stay here again.

Be aware that the neighborhood is in transition (at least as of 2016). This means you’ll find some beautiful new restaurants with crowds, Whole Foods, construction of promising-looking future condos, and a decent number of employed young people out for a night on the town—but you’ll also find far too many homeless, blanket-wrapped dozers, and spaced-out loiterers tottering by on unsteady legs.

However, overall we found more good than bad downtown, and this huge, comfortable apartment was the crown jewel.