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Renting an Apartment in Ocean Beach
What You Should Know
Ocean Beach is a community within the City of San
Diego, California, USA known for its openmindedness and
independence. Comprised of an eclectic mix of surfers,
punks, bikers, granolas, and families, few things aren't
tolerated. Some things guaranteed to upset the locals
are excessive displays of wealth, posers, money hungry
real estate folks, arrogance, and disrespectful
transplants. Many consider Ocean Beach the last bastion
for native San Diegans adamant about protecting the
character of the city. It is located south of Mission
Bay and Mission Beach and west of Downtown San Diego on
the Pacific Ocean at the western terminus of Interstate
8.
Ocean Beach houses two schools (Ocean Beach Elementary,
and Sacred Heart Academy), and multiple churches. It has
one library, many antique stores, an assortment of
locally owned stores and bars. The main street of
business is Newport Avenue.
The Ocean Beach Pier, built in 1966, is the longest on
the West Coast of the United States, measuring 1971
feet.
History
Ocean Beach was given its name by developers Billy
Carlson and Frank Higgins in 1887. They opened a real
estate firm Carlson & Higgins and proceeded to develop
Ocean Beach. They developed the Cliff House Hotel and
subdivided the area into lots. The development did not
do well because it was 2 1/2 hours from downtown San
Diego by carriage. They rented a locomotive, but by that
time, in 1888, the boom ended and the development put on
hold. Higgins partner committed suicide. The Cliff House
burned from a fallen chandelier in 1898. Carlson sold
the Ocean Beach development to an Eastern financier and
its development would wait another 20 years when
permanent rail service arrived.
Earlier names for Ocean Beach include Mussel Beach,
Mussel Beds, Medanos (Spanish for 'dunes'), Palmer's
Place/Ranch, and Palmiro's.
In 2001, Starbucks bought property within the community,
creating a tremendous uprour among the citizens, who
considered the move a direct attack on several mom and
pop, individually owned, small scale coffee shops
already in place. Shortly after this event the historic,
single-screen movie house The Strand was converted into
a Wings, an east coast chain store selling beach
apparel. To this day, patrons of either establishment
are castigated by the long-time citizens of the
community. It is highly encouraged by locals to boycott
Starbucks.