Where in CA is the best place to live if you are a surfer looking for the true California lifestyle, or as close to 1970s-1980s California as possible.
2006-12-05 03:15:11 · 4 answers · asked by btmead21 2 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Los Angeles
Huntington Beach has a very young and lively surf community, with a good break year 'round. The south bay of LA, including Hermosa, Redondo and Manhattan, is the "happening" place now for nightlife, and there are plenty of good surf spots in the area. Malibu has a great Summer swell and really expensive housing, but very close to all of Los Angeles. Rincon and the Ventura/Santa Barbara area is quiet and laid back, expensive with average breaks year round (except Rincon which is good) To the north are the cold water high winter surf breaks like Santa Cruz and Mavericks, but you will need a full wet suit year round and some real skills to face some of the biggest, fastest breaks in the world at Mavericks.
So all in all, I would say the O.C., where Huntington, Newport and Laguna beaches will offer you the best lifestyle, the most consistent waves, the best people and the most affordability.
2006-12-05 07:21:12 · answer #1 · answered by constablekenworthysboy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The real Surf City is Santa Cruz. You'll need a wet suit anytime of the year, but the vibe is very laid back and casual - not as commercial and overrun as the "other" surf city (Huntington Beach) or as polluted as Newport. The entire city of Santa Cruz lives a unique cross of surfer/hippy life. O'Neill (inventer of the wet suit) still lives here in town and we've got some of the very best waves in the world.
2006-12-05 08:14:53 · answer #2 · answered by Wonderland 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
San Diego is an really very probability-free city. i think probability-free in very nearly each community. the purely crime you receives is contained in the procuring districts, and the vacationer parts. there is in many situations a range of of motor vehicle smash-ins and housebreaking. There are definately undesirable neighborhoods, yet no the position close to the seashores. Imperial coastline is perhaps the most volatile coastline i visit imagine of, purely beacuase of the proximity to the border. if you're saying north of downtown, you'd be in a probability-free community. There are some reliable parts south of downtown close to the border which contain chula vista, yet specifically those parts are undesirable. There are wallet of undesirable parts purely south and east of downtown. even if the undesirable neighborhoods aren't to any extent further something compared to maximum cities. I grew up in milwaukee. The undesirable neighborhoods there have been undesirable. The intense crime part of san diego isn't undesirable. yet i does no longer force there at nighttime. And its california. there is lots of well being nutrition. so a procedures as custom, that is quite a lot the southern california custom. i hit upon the custom oftentimes continues to be close to to the water. pacific coastline, challenge coastline, element loma, and the gaslamp are the suited places in case you opt for to locate bars, music, and dancing. The farther inland you bypass, the further uninteresting it receives. yet there are cool position all around the metro section! :) reliable luck! :)
2016-11-23 18:07:11 · answer #3 · answered by klitzner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
definitely Malibu...at least for people in Los Angeles. It's one of the most famous beach communities in L.A. (celebrities like Mel Gibson, Britney Spears, Martin Sheen, Barbara Streisand, and a lot of others live in Malibu).
2006-12-05 11:20:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋