Bathed in sun, living here is like a year-round vacation!

Pacific Beach, split into alphabetical streets of gems and minerals, is very much a grid. The lower end is much like Mission Beach, with a community of college-goers, singles, and a long drag for commerce. Garnet Avenue harbors many local beach-goers attracted by vintage clothing shops, bars, and tattoo parlors. Night life is HOT. Restaurants and bars go off until 1-2am, and not just in the summer. Fortunately for the working class, most of the activity is limited to Garnet Avenue and Mission Boulevard.

Not all of Pacific Beach is a constant beach party. Just north of Garnet are residential neighborhoods mixed with rentals and single family cottages. The closer you get to the border of La Jolla, and as Pacific Beach rises into the hills, real estate value rises, Pacific Beach homes are newer & larger, streets are quieter. Because Pacific Beach is close to but does not share a zip code with La Jolla, it is favorable to families and working class residents who cannot afford 92037. City schools toward the north end of Pacific Beach hold noticeably higher state rankings than those of south Mission Bay.