Editing South San Francisco, California (section)

==Neighborhoods==
The city's small downtown and several residential subdivisions, such as Mayfair Village, Sunshine Gardens, Avalon Park, Winston Manor, West Winston Manor, and [[Rancho Buri Buri]], are located west of Highway 101, while the area east of Highway 101 is dominated by industrial complexes interspersed with modern office parks, particularly near the Oyster Point Marina on San Francisco Bay. The extreme western portions of the city near [[Interstate 280 (California)|Interstate 280]] sit along a hillside and offer views of [[San Francisco Bay]]. This area is known to local residents as Westborough. The southern part of the city, closest to the airport, is home to a large number of car repair shops, airport parking lots, and airport hotels.

Grand Avenue, between Spruce and Airport, is zoned "Downtown Core" by the City of South San Francisco,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ssf.net/documentcenter/view/1365|title=City of South San Francisco Zoning District Map|date=April 13, 2010|website=www.ssf.net|publisher=City of South San Francisco|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706155655/http://www.ssf.net/documentcenter/view/1365|archive-date=July 6, 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=July 18, 2017}}</ref> with various small shops and restaurants. Grand Avenue is host to a plethora of stores, one of which is Bronstein Music, a well-known local music store that has been around since 1946. City Hall is located on Grand Avenue, which, to the residents of South City, is known simply as "Grand." Grand also runs perpendicular with one of the city's other well-known streets, Linden, which connects San Bruno to Highway 101. Chestnut Avenue connects Hillside, the northern bordering street at the foot of San Bruno Mountain, to Westborough Blvd, and subsequently to one of the neighborhoods known as Westborough.

Besides the downtown, South San Francisco residents, officials, and local real-estate agencies identify the following neighborhoods:

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*Avalon Park
*Brentwood
*Buri Buri
*Cypress/Airport
*East Side
*El Camino
*Francisco Terrace
*Lindenville
*Mayfair Village
*Mission Road
*Old Town
*Orange Park
*Oyster Point
*Paradise Valley
*Parkhaven
*Pecks Lot
*Serra Highlands
*Sign Hill
*Southwood
*Sterling Terrace
*Stonegate
*Susie Way
*Sunshine Gardens
*Terrabay
*Treasure Island
*West Winston Manor
*Westborough
*West Park
*Winston Manor
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Students from Westborough and Buri Buri generally attend [[El Camino High School (South San Francisco)|El Camino High School]]. The majority of Avalon, Brentwood, Sterling Terrace, Parkway inhabitants attend [[South San Francisco High School]], as well as the East Side inhabitants. The same inhabitants are also divided among [[Westborough Middle School (South San Francisco)|Westborough Middle School]], [[Alta Loma Middle School (South San Francisco)|Alta Loma Middle School]] and [[Parkway Heights Middle School (South San Francisco)|Parkway Heights Middle School]], respectively.

[[File:South San Francisco and San Bruno Mountain aerial.jpg|thumb|center|500px|Aerial view of South San Francisco and San Bruno Mountain from the south]]

===Nicknames===
Nicknames for South San Francisco include "South City" (in reference to San Francisco's nickname of "The City") and "SSF".