This was taken on Fillmore between Page and Oak Streets. Although this neighborhood is still developing, this is obviously a reaction to the overall movment towards San Francisco inching towards super-gentrification, which is when a city becomes completley gentrified; Paris and Manhattan being popular examples.
There isn't much of a bougie restaurant scene in the Lower Haight, but it is filled with independent businesses like art galleries, hair salons, and record shops which are not new additions, but have been open and operating there for years.
One of the reasons why I am so drawn to the Lower Haight and Divizadero/Hayes area (hate to call it NOPA) is that it still has a gritty developing feel. There are young people, artists, old school natives, and a certain eithnic diversity that gives these (micro)neighborhoods a genuine feeling. The small nature means you run into neighbors and friends more often than not, and for better or for worse - but for a city girl who grew up on auto-crossroads of Masonic and Geary, the warm fuzzy neighborhood community is a good thing.
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