Haight Ashbury

Pros: Historical street if you are a babyboomer; lots of "cute" stores
Cons: People hanging out may make you feel uncomfortable

Review Topic:  OverviewI was a hippie although my daughter’s professor told her that unless I had lived on a commune, I really wasn’t. I am not sure where that comes from because I believe in self-perceptions and in the 60’s that is...

Pros: History, unique stores, Amoeba music
Cons: Parking, not the safest area

I would recommend Haight-Ashbury for any first time visitor to San Francisco. It's just that interesting to see and look around. I would also strongly recommend "The Haight" as it's called by locals, to anyone who lived through the sixties or is a fan of ...

Pros: tons of great stores and food
Cons: very, very dirty area; can be dangerous at night

Prior to visiting the Haight-Ashbury area of San Francisco, I had a visual in my head of what I thought the area would be like. I pictured tye-dye, and hippies, people sitting around smoking dope and mourning the loss of the 60s.

And although...

Pros: Have French styling by handsome and beautiful hair dressers in a Landmark "hippie" interior.
Cons: Yes, there may be a few people who look different from you around about.

Where better to have your hair cut but in the home of HAIR! But nowadays, it will cost you a few nickels more. At least it will at my place: THE ZIP-ZAP, in the Lower Haight, on Fillmore, a few doors south of Haight Street proper. THE ZIP ZAP is not ...

Pros: Visit a historical area of the 60's
Cons: Commercialization, Homelessness

I’m not a child of the 60’s. I don’t even remember learning about the hippie movement in any history class. Demonstrating the true power of Epinions, let me tell you that I actually heard about the Haight-Ashbury district for the very first time...

Pros: It's a unique experience
Cons: it's not for the weak of heart

There is something that attracts me to this part of town,but it's not for everyone. In fact if it wasn't for my roots in this neighborhood I would have long since stopped visiting. The novelty of the counter culture that thrives in the Haight-Ashbury...

Pros: Rich artistic variety.
Cons: The poor and wasted vagrants one finds in any American city.

Haight Street runs from Market, San Francisco's Main Street, straight out to Golden Gate Park. Like most streets in this car-congested city, the street is best approached and explored during the day and early evening by bus. Numbers 7 and 71 go...

Pros: Nostalgia
Cons: Crowded on Weekends, Parking

The Haight Ashbury district often associated with the counter-culture movement in the sixties has become one of the most popular attractions for tourists as well as locals alike. Perhaps drawn to the Haight for its cultural past that has created what we...

Pros: Friendly people and just a great feeling overall.
Cons: Lots of walking uphill. Lots of it.

On my recent tour with a children's theater company, we were fortunate enough to be put up in San Francisco for a weekend. Well, the hotel was in Oakland, but the city's just a BART ride away. And one of the perks of educational theater is you don't...

Pros: Interesting Stores. Historic Locale. Near Golden Gate Park.
Cons: Scuzzy environment. Don't take close-minded people with you. Hard to find parking.

I go to "The Haight" (aka Haight and Ashbury) at least every couple of months.

For me as a child, it exemplified hippidom at its peak. Now, I'm not quite sure WHAT it represents.

My boyfriend and I go there, usually with...

Pros: Interesting shops and people.
Cons: Shop keepers take your bag at the door and there are said to be many drug pushers on this street.

I have to admit that before I took my trip to San Francisco in May of 2000, I was worried about the fact that I would be staying for one night with my cousin in the Haight-Ashbury district of the city where she lives. Many other people (primarily on...

Pros: Location, Price, Free Parking, Cute Guys
Cons: Everyone Knows You're From Out of Town

First in a series of short reviews of my favorite places in San Francisco.

While hotel prices in the trendy gay neighborhoods in most cities are higher than average, that is just not the case in San Francisco. What a Nice Surprise.

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Pros: Great Adventure
Cons: NONE

I have always loved the Bay Area, the sea in the air, the diversity, and the awesome seafood. When I was younger my parents and I went there many times. When did all the usual tourist activities, Alcatraz, Union Square, the Wharf, Exploratorium, and so...

Pros: Cool people and nightlife
Cons: The kids asking for change

One of last true alternative neighborhoods in the ever gentrifying city of San Francisco is "The Haight", as the locals call it. Actually, there are two sections. Upper Haight and Lower Haight. Main dividing street between them is...

Pros: Such uniqueness
Cons: lots of dingy people

Haight-Ashbury, what can you say about it? this place is totally unique. Out of all my experiences this is one of the most interesting that I've ever taken. There so many different shops on the street and each one is like a different adventure when you...