Did you really think the sinking economy would sharpen the tacks over at CitiAparements? No. No, it has not. Matt Baume over at Curbed tells the harrowing tale of supposed squalor at one SF-based CitiAparmtents building, a story you'll want to tell over a crackling fire and fresh s'mores. It seems that a CitiApartmens customer allegedly ran into all sorts of trouble in her building every since the place went on the market. A few bits of alleged sadness: "they removed most of the garbage areas," directing tenants "to drop their trash in a nonexistent basket"; water was shut off for "two weeks" in parts of the building; and insect patrolling has stopped, meaning that "cockroaches have started taking over the lower floors." But the most jarring part of all? An apartment hunter looking at the place was "quoted $1,495 for a 350-square-foot studio." Chilling. Read more about it over at Curbed. (They've got photos too.)

And the Curbed Cup award goes to: Hayes Valley. San Francisco's top hood took the crown with 262 votes (52.8%) over second-place Mission's 234 votes (47.2%). Total burn, Valencia Street!

And you know what? Well played, HV. Well played.

Ideally, it's just the perfect neighborhood. No, it really is. For starters, the area lies flat and stands as the nexus of many other neighborhoods. What's more, it has perhaps one of San Francisco's only non-pretentious wine/beer bars, a unaffected tragically-beautiful gay bar (venues that are slowly becoming relics outside of the Castro), has a reasonably-priced Gimme Shoes with a great sales rack, Suppenküche, and most important of all, they have a Walgreens. Sure, the neighborhood has some problems, but its imperfections make it just that more darling.

SFist shall celebrate this honor by visiting our nearest boutique and purchasing a whimsical home accent.

Image of the award-winning neighborhood from Wikipedia.