Posted by Linda Hayton on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 17:43:05 :

In Reply to: 1906 and earlier--Slums, Homeless, etc posted by Josie on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 19:27:23 :

: Hi there! I'm trying to figure out what I hope is basic information that is simply eluding me. Does anyone here know where the poor parts of town were, or maybe where you would see a greater quantity of homeless people, in the years leading up to the 1906 earthquake? As I understand it, Nob Hill and Van Ness were on the wealthier side (please correct me if I am wrong), but I haven't been able to pinpoint where poor people and homeless people lived in SF during that time. I'm just trying to get a general feel for the layout of the city in terms of society. Thanks for the help!

Yes it was then and is now the Tenderloin district.

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