Pacific Beach is a Mecca for nightlife, known throughout the country and beyond, the coffee houses, nightclubs, and late-night restaurants are clustered mainly along Garnet Avenue and Mission Boulevard, close to the beach. Within blocks, though, a quieter PB emerges.
Small town, casual, friendly, laid-back and eclectic are commonly applied descriptions. Walk into the local bank, where customers wear shorts, jeans, dresses (from mini to muumuu)-and occasionally, even a suit. In the summer months see young women at the local Vons grocery store simply wearing a bathing suit and filp flops as they shop for beer and wine before a busy evening out on the town.
Mom-and-pop businesses abound. Of the 1,200 businesses found in Pacific Beach approximately 75% are locally owned. Everybody walks (or bicycles, skateboards, or inline-skates) around the beach. People tend to be athletic and sports-minded, outspoken and quick to laugh. | Just as the literature claimed in 1887, we enjoy the ocean breezes (and much less fog than our neighbors to the north.) Our residents-an even division of college students, singles, families, retired folks and couples of all ages-live in equally varied housing. Tiny beach cottages alternate with a wide range of condos and apartments on the "flats," while larger bungalows on Crown Point and PBs northern half lead to hillside homes with incomparable views.
Ride up to Kate Sessions Park on the top of Lamont Street and look down over PB. It's green now, filled in with houses and landscaping. The realtors were right: "The magnificent beach, the bay . An elevated site overlooking the mountains and bay in full view of San Diego City."
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