if you work on base, consider san clemente? i love that town/area… beautiful beaches, beautiful weather, small town with lots of mom and pop shops…
oside is strange. 2 miles north of carlsbad, but it’s like a totally different planet… nice places by the beach, but inland, the ghettos broken up by farms and tract houses… it’s like the ob or even ib of north county… but el cajonified…