San Francisco

San Francisco is a city of steep hills and fog, known for its tech wealth but also its staggering inequality. The median household income sits above $130,000, a figure that hides how many people here have very little. The city's 2023 point-in-time homeless count recorded 7,800 people without a home, living on the streets or in shelters. You can find real help at St. Anthony Foundation, Glide Memorial Church, and the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank. These are established places that have been serving the community for decades. You are not invisible here—every step you take in this city, someone else has walked too.