>>69712there are few high techs actually in sf, most are in the burbs on the peninsula (google and mozilla are in mountain view, apple and amd are in santa clara, facebook is in palo alto...)
>>69801soma is nice, its been recently gentrified n stuff. although most suburbanites would consider it kinda "unclean"
honestly the most exiting part for me are the haight and mission (which has become the counter-culture center of the city, thanks to sky-high rents in haight) if you want back bay, go downtown. stay the fuck away from fisherman's wharf.
but honestly, you dont sound like someone who would appreciate a large city. you're probably better off sitting on your ass in palo alto or something (very clean there...)