Get to know Daly City

Head south out of San Francisco on BART or 280 and you’ll hit Daly City. This sizable community stretches nearly the entire southern border of its larger, better-known neighbor. Once grazing lands for Mission Dolores, its hilly terrain saw little but agricultural development until after the 1906 earthquake, which led many displaced San Franciscans to rebuild next door. Today, you’ll find a mix of medium-density residential neighborhoods like Westlake and Serramonte, both of which share their names with sizable shopping malls, and a generous helping of lush open space. Daly City has 2,000+ acres of parks and seven miles of accessible coastline. It’s also home to the Cow Palace, the historic arena used by some of California’s most legendary sports teams and the Grand National Rodeo, which it still hosts annually. The storied Olympic Club, a social institution in San Francisco, has its three golf courses in Daly City.

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Living on the San Francisco Peninsula

With the exception of its northern tip, which is occupied by the city itself, the San Francisco Peninsula lies almost entirely within San Mateo County — the second-most populous in the Bay Area, after San Francisco County. By sharing the only land border with San Francisco, the towns and villages of the Peninsula form a literal and figurative mainline to the city. Beginning with the railroad’s arrival in the 1860s, the towns along the bayshore side of the Peninsula developed into San Francisco’s first commuter suburbs, and they’ve only grown since. They’re separated from the coast by the rugged, redwood-flanked slopes of the Coast Range, which effectively split the Peninsula — and county — into two distinct moods. The towns along Highway 1 move to a slower beat, from rustic Pescadero to the gnarly breaks of Half Moon Bay, home to the world-famous Mavericks big wave surfing competition.