Nob Hill
Nob Hill is a neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States that is known for its numerous luxury hotels and historic mansions.
Nob Hill has historically served as a center of San Francisco's upper class. Nob Hill is among the highest-income neighborhoods in the United States, as well as one of the most desirable and expensive real estate markets in the country. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the most expensive real estate market per square meter, narrowly beating Monte Carlo, although it has since fallen heavily. It was the only place in the United States so far where market price per square meter exceeded the average yearly salary in the country ($72,400).
Getting around Nob Hill the local way
- Get inAvoid any street that is also a cable car line (Hyde between Washington and Fisherman's Wharf, Mason between Columbus and Washington, and Jackson/Washington between Powell and Hyde), as the cable cars stop at every intersection, and they usually stop in the intersection.
- Get inAll three Cable Car lines cross at Powell and California.
- Get inThe Powell-Hyde and Powell-Mason cable car lines run between Union Square and Fisherman's Wharf.
- Get inThe California cable car line runs east-west on California Street between Market Street in the Financial District and Van Ness Avenue.
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