“Oh I don’t think he lives in the Mission,” I said almost dismissively. “It doesn’t match his personality.”

My friend and i were talking about someone we both knew. She thought he lived close to me in the Mission District (a hip area for young professionals who want to be close to gentrification), but knowing who he was. Definitely not. I predicted that the Sunset and Richmond, areas that were a little more Asian, slightly cheaper, and more sedate.

And oddly enough, when we found out where he lived, he did live in the Sunset. The Outer Sunset.

Do people choose the place they want to live in to match their personality? Do they look for places of a certain character, proximity to some things…for their own desires for locality and people?

Or do we change to match the neighborhood we’re in?

Sometimes I remember people can be so defensive of their neighborhood, trying to break all stereotypes.

All I can is…I definitely won’t be living in the Richmond or Sunset anytime soon.