I lived there years ago when I was a UCSC student. (am now living in my native San Francisco). Cheap living, surprisingly quiet. Lots of young couples, a fair amount of mexican immigrant population (which I appreciated) - a big loss is that the “Los 7 Burritos” taco stand is gone - they used to mark their receipts with an inkstamp that read “I (heart) Julio Iglesias.” There were TWO supermarkets open all the time there.

Surprisingly pretty quiet. There are bars and clubs near the beach itself. Crappy paperback used bookstores—can’t compare with a big city but there’s border’s now, so that’s okay. Less of a resident culture there an Ocean Beach or even Solano Beach. Still, I found it remarkable fun to live there.

there is sinbads hookah lounge for 18+ but really PB caters to 21+
There is constant parties going on, especially during the warm seasons. in fact it is starting to get sunny now so i’ll start having kegs on the beach near la haina’s soon =]