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Old 01-25-2015, 08:22 AM
 
Location: Southern California
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53,000 square feet? You would have to hire an army of maids to help keep that place clean. But if you have that kind of money to buy the house in the first place.....

I would just get a 5-7000 square foot house somewhere in la jolla. Would be plenty for my family and I.
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Old 01-25-2015, 02:01 PM
 
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
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it might help if someone posted stats on how the water temperatures on the southern California beaches compare to the water temps in the Northern California beaches.
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Old 01-25-2015, 02:11 PM
 
Location: On the water.
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it might help if someone posted stats on how the water temperatures on the southern California beaches compare to the water temps in the Northern California beaches.
Help what?
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Old 01-25-2015, 02:25 PM
 
Location: Vancouver, WA
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Help what?
Exactly, that's a made up requirement of 'one' person (not the original poster) who thinks Santa Barbara is too cold. I say great! Let all the fair weather water wimps stay in SoCal or better yet move to FL or HI where they belong. As for millions of other residents in Central and Northern Cal we enjoy the beaches year round including the water.

Derek
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Old 01-25-2015, 02:47 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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it might help if someone posted stats on how the water temperatures on the southern California beaches compare to the water temps in the Northern California beaches.
We've had this conversation before. The general consensus is that San Diego and LA have warmer water that allows people to enjoy swimming. Most people consider the water in NorCal to be too cold for any waterplay without a wetsuit. Some of us don't let cold water stop us. But whether or not Santa Barbara specifically is in some cold pocket, we don't know. Besides, I thought the complaint was in relation to weather, not water.

Meh. On a hot day, cold water is fabulous!

Besides, it's all radioactive at this point, anyway, so the question should probably be irrelevant.
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Old 01-25-2015, 02:50 PM
 
Location: San Francisco
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interesting conversation to say the least. my great grandfather was chums with randolph hearst and we would visit the castle often so i vote san simeon!
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Old 01-25-2015, 05:56 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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Exactly, that's a made up requirement of 'one' person (not the original poster) who thinks Santa Barbara is too cold. I say great! Let all the fair weather water wimps stay in SoCal or better yet move to FL or HI where they belong. As for millions of other residents in Central and Northern Cal we enjoy the beaches year round including the water.

Derek
Judging by how empty most beaches in Northern CA beaches are and how few people are in the water, doesn't really seem like "millions" of people are enjoying them especially the water.
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Old 01-25-2015, 05:58 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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it might help if someone posted stats on how the water temperatures on the southern California beaches compare to the water temps in the Northern California beaches.
About 10 up to 20 degrees colder in summer overall.
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Old 01-25-2015, 06:49 PM
 
Location: Vancouver, WA
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Judging by how empty most beaches in Northern CA beaches are and how few people are in the water, doesn't really seem like "millions" of people are enjoying them especially the water.
Most southern California folks have a tremendous lack of knowledge of the beaches of Central and Northern California. So much so its actually kinda funny. In addition the majority way over estimate how 'cold' it is above LA. I know this from first hand experience growing up in SoCal then moving north. There's this idea about the water being 'freezing' cold along with the beaches which remain empty. That's a big fallacy with the most popular beaches and surf spots. Santa Cruz for example is know as Surf City for a reason. There are literally thousands of people surfing those beaches daily 'year round.' And the beaches are not empty.

Here is an example of a warm Winter day at the beach today in Monterey. 80 degrees and packed with people enjoying the sun and water.










I guess some fair weather SoCaler forgot to tell them the ocean is just too cold to enjoy and they should instead be wrapped in their blankets while shivering uncontrollably. lol

Derek

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Old 01-25-2015, 06:52 PM
 
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About 10 up to 20 degrees colder in summer overall.
It is always amazing to me how strange Californians actually are. It is, on a number of dimensions, the best place in the US to live. And maybe in the Industrial world.

The bad news is that it can be difficult if you don't have a suitable income.

I did the beaches of So CA for many years. Home was Seal Beach, boat was in Alamitos Bay and I learned to wind sail in Alamitos Bay. Actually got married there at the Long Beach Yacht Club.

If you want to live on or near the water you want to get as far south as possible and the budget allows. San Diego is great...and some of the bays are actually habitable from spring to fall. But don't kid yourself...it is wet suit country. Maybe near Mission Bay in September you can do it without a cover..but that is about it.

So if you really want beach...south. And, in the winter, south of Cabo san Lucas.
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