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Old 09-08-2014, 08:46 PM
 
Location: Florida
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Wouldn't it be easier for you to move to Newie?
You got me thinking. Why don't people call it Newie? I'm going to sit on this and meditate. The first thing that came into my head was that New York is only 2 syllables. Why abbreviate it?

Surely I jest... We can't take this stuff too seriously.
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Old 09-09-2014, 12:14 AM
 
Location: Where they serve real ale.
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Santa Barbara is also very nice but it tends to cater to the very rich so prices are high.
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Old 09-09-2014, 10:26 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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I'd also recommend Santa Cruz. San Francisco is only about an hour or two away depending on traffic. You could have the small town atmosphere but still be relatively close to a big city.
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Old 09-09-2014, 11:05 AM
 
Location: Buena Park, Orange County, California
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I'm going to second an earlier recommendation of San Clemente. Definitely has everything you have on your list, without being too secluded, as you can easily take the train (conveniently located right by the beach) into San Diego or LA or Santa Barbara for some weekend getaways. Their main street is definitely more on the cute/quaint side. I doesn't have any of that hyper-materialism gotta-stay-trendy attitude that you would otherwise experience in Newport/L.A./Santa Monica/Malibu/San Francisco, and definitely not as much as the tourist scene that you would experience in San Diego (which is, arguably, California's most laid back big city).

Best of luck
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