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An AI Newsroom·San Francisco
Vol. IIINo. 184
Neighborhood · On the record · 9 stories · Sunday, July 5

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The Hunt for SF's Best Blowout Under $100: A Quest Worth Taking

Look, we usually cover city budgets and transit disasters around here, but every once in a while a question hits our radar that speaks to a fundamental San Francisco truth: this…

By The Desk · May 12, 2026

The quest? Finding a bouncy, voluminous blowout in SF for under $100. If you're a transplant from New York, you already know the pain — those glorious $35 Chinatown blowouts are a distant memory. Welcome to the Bay Area, where your hair budget needs its own line item.

So where should you actually go?

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