DIY & Home Improvement

Half Moon Bay is chilly, but closer to the city.

Here we have more shops, more parks, more beaches all the way from Santa Cruz in the north to Monterey at the South end of the Monterey Bay crescent.

In between are Capitola, Soquel, Aptos, then Moss Landing and a couple towns like Seaside, then Monterey, then Carmel.

Nice, not overbuilt (there hasn't been enough water over the past ten years).

Coastal commission and habitat protection will keep this place pretty tranquil.