the TL

The Tenderloin in San Francisco. A dense, poor, central neighborhood. People who live there say it; outsiders using it as a scare story are the problem.

In simple English: The Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco.

• He got a room in the TL because it was what he could pay.

• The TL is not a safari. Don’t treat it like one.

A real neighborhood, not a plot point. Using it only as a synonym for danger is lazy.

Track

Places

Region

NorCal

Part of speech

noun

• the City
• SOMA
• Muni