I've lived in that area for a few years now. There's still drug dealing and prostitutes along Larkin between O'Farrell and Geary, but a block north where your f

I've lived in that area for a few years now. There's still drug dealing and prostitutes along Larkin between O'Farrell and Geary, but a block north where your friend got egged there's now a stylish cafe and an art gallery. The line of gentrification is so sharp sometimes it's almost surreal, and it's been moving south at a brisk pace the past five years or so.