The best beaches are the ones not in southern California.
I used to watch thousands of people go swimming in the pacific ocean, right by the Tijuana River in San Diego, and all I could think about was how contaminated the water was. Yet, here in Mendocino County (10 hours north) the beaches are pristine and there is no one to swim in them.
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