Poor man's San Luis Obispo? (Morro Bay: condo, home, schools)

[Clarks]

Nobody dared to step foot in that water at Seacrest (Pismo Beach) November 2009

You are looking at a 1/4 mile of a 20 mile long beach, you have no idea how many people were in the water. You did not know about the jet ski users off the Grover City ramp, you have no idea about the kite surfers off the mouth of the Santa Maria River, heck you could not even see the surfers at the pier, or the kids playing in the water.

You missed the dozen or more sea kayakers off Shell Beach exploring the islands and sea caves and chatting with the otters and sea lions.


You missed the Scuba divers at St. Annes, and the surfers at Sewers and and the Cal Poly coeds lying in the sun smelling like coconuts at Sunset Palisades.



Looks to me like you stuck your foot in the water, found it too invigorating, and went home.

Funny story, I moved to Naples Italy many years ago. At some point I visited the island of Ischia with some friends, drank too much wine and slept on the beach. At dawn I got up to take a headclearing refreshing dip into the Mediterranean. No luck, it was as warm as spit. I will take the "manly" waters of the west coast any day.

[chaotix]

Originally Posted by Clarks

You are looking at a 1/4 mile of a 20 mile long beach, you have no idea how many people were in the water. You did not know about the jet ski users off the Grover City ramp, you have no idea about the kite surfers off the mouth of the Santa Maria River, heck you could not even see the surfers at the pier, or the kids playing in the water.

You missed the dozen or more sea kayakers off Shell Beach exploring the islands and sea caves and chatting with the otters and sea lions.

You missed the Scuba divers at St. Annes, and the surfers at Sewers and and the Cal Poly coeds lying in the sun smelling like coconuts at Sunset Palisades.

Looks to me like you stuck your foot in the water, found it too invigorating, and went home.

Funny story, I moved to Naples Italy many years ago. At some point I visited the island of Ischia with some friends, drank too much wine and slept on the beach. At dawn I got up to take a headclearing refreshing dip into the Mediterranean. No luck, it was as warm as spit. I will take the "manly" waters of the west coast any day.

The otters and sea lions at Shell beach would have been a real treat, unfortunately we didn't venture that far, but will do on my next trip.


. . .and yes, the water was too cold for me, however, the weather was perfect and I immensely enjoyed the breeze and serenity walking along the coast in addition to the breathtaking sunsets.

Clever analogy “manly waters” . . . lol.

[billymac852]

Originally Posted by Clarks

There is a trailer park up the road, a doublewide there will set you back $400,000 and it does not have an ocean view.

Man, thats absolutely insane. I live in Fl. and you can find older doubles down here startin around $3000.00 and up.

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by Anders15

I was just looking up San Luis Obispo area and I was wondering what is a similar area for middle class families? Similar as in (being near the water) and having such nice geological and climate features. And almost non existent crime. Over here in VA we're making around 35k a year so I'm no sure what that converts to in CA terms. So is there a poor man's equivalent?

In short, NO.

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by Sassberto

He wants SLO to be cheap.

Guess what, the poor mans version of SLO is .... Oxnard.

meaning... you'll get a little touch o' gang crime and run-down housing with your paradise.

And even at that, Oxnard is not anywhere near truly cheap.

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by BayAreaHillbilly

That's not quite correct. Most definitions of North American climate zones place the boundary between the Mediterranean and Marine West Coast climate zones near the Oregon border. Although a few more radical ones show a sliver of Marine West Coast coming further south at the immediate coast. But the flaw in that is they use fog and marine layer drizzle to make that argument, which is not correct. The paths of mid latitude weather systems are the only truly correct definition.

Bottom line, Mendocino is for all intents and purposes Med as is Fort Bragg. Although, I do concede rainfall is progressively higher further up the coast. But to put it in perspective, at the immediate coastline the 20 in rainfall line is at SF. Local orographic effects are more prominent than latitude in determining rainfall, for example, the hills near Pt. Conception have higher rainfall than downtown SF does. And similarly, the King Range has the highest rainfall in CA meanwhile places at the immediate coast only a few miles from there only get 30 or 35 inches per year. That's on par with the French Riviera.

For all intents and purposes, I'd say the coast North of SF is not Mediterranean. Rainfall increases. Lots of fog. Not many days where the high is above 70.

The French Riviera, by comparison, is sunnier than the CA coast north of SF, and gets at least 4 months or more a year where the daytime temps average 70F or warmer.

Yes, I know technically it may be considered that, but many Americans are disappointed when they find out how cool summers are in coastal San Diego and Los Angeles, let alone Fort Bragg or Eureka.

Now, inland I'd grant you that the Med. climate exists all the way up to Redding. But all points north of Stinson Beach, forget it.

[Dean Trails]

Let me see...................pitch a tent at Montana de Oro. Hit all the local food banks. Ride a bike and collect aluminum cans.

Yep, I can live in SLO County. No problem.

[Capt. Dan]

Originally Posted by Dean Trails

Let me see...................pitch a tent at Montana de Oro. Hit all the local food banks. Ride a bike and collect aluminum cans.

Yep, I can live in SLO County. No problem.

Hey Dean------is Pirates Cove still open?

[vdy1985]

So it was talked about how the northern edge of the Mediterranean climate is just South of the Oregon Border or around Medocino County. What is the southern edge of the Mediterranean climate?

[Clarks]

Hey Dean------is Pirates Cove still open?

Yep, it is still open, and still nude, and a favorite of men of a particular characteristic, not many coed volleyball games anymore.