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College kids, recent grads, or anyone in this age group looking for wild vacation debauchery will have no shortage of neighborhoods to investigate. You may love the city so much, you'll decide not to go home.

If artsy fartsy is what you want, you will receive it in abundance. The Haight and the Mission are the best neighborhoods to stay in overall, but the sometimes sketchy Civic Center/Tenderloin offers some of the most beautiful and unique accommodations. In the Haight, the historic Red Victorian right on Haight Street will have you near numerous bars, cheap restaurants, head shops and trendy clothing stores, and near to great city-wide public transportation. Also not too far away is the basic Carl Hotel or Stanyan Park Hotel, or the French-inspired Metro Hotel on Divisidero with an excellent café/restaurant attached. The benefit of the Haight or the Mission is that you'll find plenty of thrifting and record stores by day, and drinking and clubbing all night (with continued late-night clubbing South of Market). The Upper Haight has the added benefit of staying near Golden Gate Park, ample terrain for excellent museums, hiking, biking, the beach, and more.

The Triton Hotel in the sketch Tenderloin district features art and architecture groovy enough to make Dr. Seuss green eggs and ham with envy. In North Beach, the Green Tortoise Guest House has its usual offerings of cheap hostel-like accommodations for night owls.

Another option is the Renoir Hotel on McAllister Street in downtown San Francisco. This triangle-shaped property offers guests easy access to the city's most popular tourist attractions.

Hosteling international offers some cheap private and dorm style rooms downtown, in Union Square, and way out of town at Fort Cronkite in the Golden Gate Park Recreational Area, a perfect cheap getaway accessible by limited public transportation for bike riding and relaxing. In this same vein, there’s also the European Guest House SoMa.

Transportation is adequate in these areas and nothing is "too clean." Sticky coffee shops and bars, cafes, and cheap eats are everywhere. Public transportation is widely available, but waiting can become tedious at times and you might need to catch a cab or two if you're in a hurry.

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