SOMA is my home!
SOMA is San Francisco's equivalent to New York's SOHO. SOHO is an area or district on Manhattan Island. The name SOHO was given to the area just South of Houston Street in Manhattan. Likewise SOMA also refers to an area, based on its location relative to a main street. SOMA is south of Market Street.
Being south of Market Street is roughly being just south of down town San Francisco. Currently It is an area that is rapidly changing from old industrial warehouses to large loft complexes, It has been said that the SOMA area has the highest concentration of dot.coms in the world, but don't let that keep you away. I have lived in SOMA for the past half year and love it. The SOMA area has much to do, see and eat.
See Also: the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Yerba Buena Gardens, The Sony Metreon, Pac Bell Park and the Oakland Bay Bridge.
Note:Some of the above links are unavailable, I am working on getting them out.