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San Diego

210 kilometers south of Los Angeles, San Diego is the southern end of a nearly continuous urban agglomeration that extends from the Mexican border to Santa Barbara, spanning nearly 400 kilometers of Southern California coast. San Diego’s civic marketeers have a proclaimed it “America’s finest city.” Although I’m naturally skeptical of any such claims, I will agree that San Diego is a fine place to visit— even if the very high cost of housing makes it a less than fine place to live.

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OLD SAN DIEGO
Pictures of Old Town San Diego
Where California began
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NEW SAN DIEGO
Pictures of Downtown San Diego
A redevelopment success story
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BALBOA PARK
Pictures of Balboa Park
Legacy of expositions
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CORONADO
Pictures of Coronado
Almost an island
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LA JOLLA
Pictures of La Jolla
Where the Mediterranean meets Hawaii
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ARCHITECTURAL LANDMARKS
Pictures of the Eastern Sierra Nevada
Science, Science Fiction, and Religion
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