Evening star., 1950-01-20
SAN FRANCISCO.


After having lived in San Fran
cisco all my life and having lived
here for few short months, I be-
Leve can give you some informa-
ton about San Francisco.
Within the city itself, which is
on the tip of peninsula, there
are fog belts. OF course it has
been my experience that the fog
is not nearly so continuous as
visitors have concluded. During
the summer months the foggy
season is at its height blessed
relief from the sweltering tenn
perature found elsewhere) Tenn
peratures all year around average
in the SOS and COS. Very few
days are over 10 and anything
over 80 is considered a heat wave,
causing thousands to pack the
beaches. On the other hand, very
few days go below so aand tenn
peratures below 40 are so rare as
to have occurred only twice in the
past ID years. The rainy season
begins around November or De-
cember and is intermittant for
the next few months. There is
almost never any rain during the
summer and early fall, or the
late spring.
If you want to avoid the fog,
the best place to live is in the
downtown area, the Mission dis
trict or the Marina district. How
ever, neither the downtown area
or the Mission are the ideal places
to live, the Mission being one of
the earliest developed sections.
Most of the new developments are
in the fog belt. If you want to
avoid living right in the fog, but do
not mind being under it, avoid
living on hilltops, such as Golden
Gate Heights (where there are
many new homes) or Mirlona
Park where there are also many
new homes, the Sunset or Rich
mond districts being best.
AS far as the housing problem
is concerned, rentals are as diff
cult as here, although not as high
in general. The cost of homes is
definitely much lower 1--WE have
found from very sad house hunt
ing here) and you will be de-
lighted at what is offered there
compared to what is offered here.
The cost of living seems to even
out somewhere. Meat is lower
here, but vegetables and fruits are
higher. Variety is greater there,
and most people are acquainted
with unusual food there that you
have either never heard of here
or don't think much about.
San Francisco is a fascinating,
interesting city, provided you do
not go there with the precon-
ceived notion that you are not
going to like it. 1t has many hills,
and consequently many beautiful
views that are unsurpassed. Its
setting, being surrounded by wa
ter, is inspiring. 1t offers many
cultural things, lectures, opera
Gncluding the Metropolitan) con-
certs, Broadway plays, an excel
lent adult education program as
well as child education program.
At the pre-school level there are
many nursery schools, both CO.
operative and non-co-operative.
Childen can start Kindergarten at
412. Schools are overcroWded. as
everywhere, but there is much new
construction in the way of schools
going on. The eating places in
San Francisco are famous (when
you get there. buy the book Eat
ing Out In San Francisco" at any
book or department store for 81.
San Francisco is California's
center of medical education, the
University of California and STAN
for University having their medi-
cal schools there, SO there are
many fine doctors available whose
names I can give you if you want.
There is also prepaid medical
plan called the Permanante Foun-