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Originally Posted by KC911
I've only been to SD four times...love the place, but don't really think of it as laid back (but then again, I've never lived there). I haven't been to Miami since we used to hit Ft. Lauderdale for college spring breaks...no desire to either. BTW, I thought SD was "Northern Tijuana  ". IMO, any place that's packed with people (SD included) just doesn't fit my definition of "laid back". |
I was there (Encinitas/Leucadia) in the 80's/90's. It was laid back as it gets (I believe the population just broke 1 mil at that time...in an area the size of some small states - 65 miles from north to south, and 86 miles from east to west, covering 4,261 square miles). Never had any road-rage issues. Rarely saw confrontations in public (except in the surf) or bars. People were civil. Minimal redneck a-holes (you had to go to Dulzura or Lakeside to find 'em). Low crime rate. Possibly over-crowded now, I don't know. No more spring breaks in Ft. Lauderdale. The city put the kabosh on that in the mid 90's and the spring breakers moved to Daytona & Pensacola(?) and/or Panama City Beach. San Diego is Tijuana North as much as Miami is Cuba West.