That would be awesome; what parts of soma should I look at? One of my friends said he lives around Bluxome Street and he likes it so I was considering something close to that.
Basically for SOMA, you'll want to be east of 4th street if you can, maybe 5th as the furthest west. Once you get to around 6th the neighborhood gets pretty bad.
There's a lot of startups clustered around the 2nd/3rd and Bryant/Brannon, with more up towards market as well. South Park is a very nice area, but high demand as well.
If you're near 2nd and Brannon-ish area, be prepared for lots of crowds during baseball season.
The area north of harrison and east of 2nd is fairly industrial.
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