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San Francisco, California New Homes

San Francisco is consistently billed as one of the country's top travel destinations, and as the over 13 million tourists who migrate to this area of California each year will vouch, the city has rightfully earned this distinction. But each of the nearly 800,000 people who have taken one of San Francisco's homes for sale off the market tell another story, insisting that while their city may be a nice place to visit, you'd really want to live there!

Maybe it has something to do with the weather? After all, on any given day, San Francisco locals can be found relishing in the mild weather that is a staple of the town all year long, despite the occasional bout of fog. Even still, the weather is just one of San Francisco's many strong points.

This California city spans a mere 47 square miles, but don't let that fool you. Second only to New York City in terms of population density, this is a town that well knows the meaning of compact.

Despite San Francisco's deceptively small area, it manages to pack within its borders an entire spectrum of cultures and states of awareness. The range of colorful communities mingling peacefully in the San Francisco area include all walks of life, from the trendsetting tech junkies, lining South of Market Street, to the continuing counterculture of hippies at Haight-Ashbury.

The San Francisco area also has a full lineup of attractions to experience. For example, the iconic Golden Gate Bridge is a sight to behold as it stretches across a vast 4,200 feet territory and matches the towering height of a 65-story building.

San Francisco is famous for many other features: Alcatraz, the former prison island infamous for people who managed to escape its seemingly impenetrable walls; Chinatown and the Fisherman's Wharf.

San Francisco Bay area homes are popular among today's homebuyers for a variety of reasons. This land of old-fashioned cable cars and forward thinking is the perfect blend of tradition and progress.