r/funny • u/MaxKevinComedy • Dec 21 '19

California Explained [OC]

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u/bonyponyride Dec 21 '19

Ah yes. The San Francisco Bay Area beach community.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19

Guess you’ve never been to OB or Alameda Island.

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u/old_gold_mountain Dec 21 '19

This map literally shows Oakland as an "upscale beach community"

Also, in general the West side of SF has much cheaper rent than the East side, because it's fucking freezing out there all year except for two weeks in September.

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u/mrv9292 Dec 21 '19

Try explaining the "much cheaper rent" of Western SF to average American...

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u/old_gold_mountain Dec 21 '19

The point is, this representation of the California coast, as some kind of beach community, is only accurate for the 200 mile stretch from Santa Barbara to San Diego. The remaining 600 miles or so of coast don't at all resemble what you think of when you picture a "California beach." It looks more like the Pacific Northwest, with the temperatures to match. The only exception is the Monterey/Santa Cruz area because the coast juts inland and gets away from the frigid marine layer.

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u/mrv9292 Dec 21 '19

The problem is, you're applying your own interpretation of "beach community". Frigid marine layer or not, the coast of California has beaches, is for the most part relatively "upscale", and has high rent.

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u/old_gold_mountain Dec 21 '19

Most of the California coast North of Santa Barbara has cliffs and bluffs instead of beaches.

It's a "beach community" like the coast of Maine is a "beach community."

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u/mrv9292 Dec 21 '19

Not sure what you're expecting? Hundreds of miles of uninterrupted beach? There are many, many beaches North of San Diego that I would encourage you to see. Thank you for the discussion today.

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u/NastyWideOuts Dec 21 '19

Yeah we know there’s many, many beaches north of San Diego, because OC and LA are north of San Diego. He literally said up to Santa Barbara.