Completely agree. If you need an affordable house with good schools, recommending SF borders on nuts. I'm mentioning this because people often describe SF as a

Completely agree. If you need an affordable house with good schools, recommending SF borders on nuts. I'm mentioning this because people often describe SF as an expensive place with failing schools. That's not quite accurate. SF has a large number of good public schools, though it is uneven and you are at the mercy of the lottery. Your odds aren't horrible but they aren't 100% either.