Talk:Duboce Triangle, San Francisco

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"Duboce" needs pronunciation key[edit]

Like many names in San Francisco, the local pronunciations are worth documenting. DouglasHeld (talk) 17:09, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is Mint Hill part of the triangle?[edit]

User:Trick said

I haven't corrected anything but I don't think Mint Hill is really the same neighborhood. Duboce Triangle is really primarily west of Church St. I've heard Mint Hill used as a real estate industry pseudonym for Lower Haight. - Trick 07:01, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

So what is the end of the Market/Castro/Waller triangle that lies east of Church St. called? It seems like there is no such thing as an "official" neighborhood definition in S.F. Or at least the borders are really blurry.

The city website has a pulldown box listing neighborhoods, which then highlight a map - it puts most of Duboce Triangle in "Castro/Upper Market", with the blocks north of Duboce in in "Western Addition". But neither of these seem right. Residents of the 'pointy end' of the triangle can't agree on exactly what to call it. It doesn't feel like Lower Haight - the blocks around the Mint definitely have a different character. It's not really The Castro, and its on the wrong side of Market to be Mission District. The blocks east of Buchanan St. get mail from the Hayes Valley neighboorhood Association, but no one living there would call it Hayes Valley. Sarcastic residents call it "Safeway Hill". One website calls it "TriBeSa" for "TRiangle BEhind SAfeway". But most people seem to use Mint Hill or Duboce Triangle interchangably.

Real estate agents use whatever nearby name sounds best. I've seen The Tenderloin called Nob Hill in real estate listings, and the blocks north of Alamo Square called Pacific Heights, Panhandle, USF, and Japantown. --Key45 20:42, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I've added a section to reflect what the SF Association of Realtors considers the boundaries of Duboce Triangle to be -- simply put, Duboce/Market/Castro. And it's actually a triangle -- imagine that! (Frankly, I think the DTNA is cheating by including the park. But hey, I still send them my check.) According to SFAR, Mint Hill *isn't* in the triangle, but the Safeway is. *shrug*. To SFAR's discredit, they call all of the Lower Haight "Hayes Valley". Puh-leeze. Anyway... My favorite name for the area is "The Upper Safeway". :) --tgeller 09:58, 4 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mint Hill sounds best if a resident insists. But there are a lot of areas in the city that could be considered "inter-neighborhood" — lying between two or more named neighborhoods. For example, the area north of Haight Street between the Lower and Upper Haights is across from Buena Vista Heights, but really doesn't fit any category. On the boundaries of DT, I don't mind including Duboce Park in the Triangle (and many of the nicest houses bounding the park), but as soon as you get into the poorer, round-down looking areas, it should be clear you're in my 'hood, the Lower Haight :) MrRedwood 22:44, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Minor point, Duboce triangle is not a sunny neighborhood.[edit]

The article states it is a sunny neighborhood, the afternoon fog roles in more often than not here in Duboce Triangle. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 1durphul (talk • contribs) 04:03, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]