Originally Posted by marcop

Hey Brian... I lived on the alley behind Ocean Front Walk aka the Boardwalk in Venice for about 3.5 years, and yes, I had stuff get rusty, but none of my electronics died. Also, if it was windy and I left windows open, I'd come home to sand everywhere. Another downside (there, at least) was the tourists in the summer--weekday mornings it would take me ~15 minutes to get to the nearest freeway, but on summer weekends it was more like 40 minutes.

The upside is I could hear waves breaking at night which I found very restful, and there were few tourists in the winter, and being Southern California what passes for winter here is better than most summers in England where I grew up... thanks to global warming we're down to about 1.5 seasons/year now.