Noe Valley has a lot more families and is generally seen as pretty safe as it's away from the shadier part of Mission. Japanese tourists getting jumped on Mark

Noe Valley has a lot more families and is generally seen as pretty safe as it's away from the shadier part of Mission. Japanese tourists getting jumped on Market St. between 6th and 7th is pretty crazy. I work on that block and I'm assuming they were on the SoMa side? There are a lot of crackheads and bums but they don't usually bother people. There are drug dealers across on the tenderloin side but they keep to themselves. Harrison and 20th is in a pretty gentrified area (1 block from popular climbing gym, 1 block from Trick Dog bar) so I'm surprised your friend got robbed there. Mostly a mix of high end condos, industrial warehouses, and cool bars. There is definitely a bit of a gang element in the area though.