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176,950

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Sunny Days: 266

85100 Affordability

89100 Schools

95100 Diversity

90100 Safety

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Life’s Better in Flip Flops

When you close your eyes and picture stereotypical California, chances are you’re picturing something that looks a whole lot like Oceanside. It’s pretty Idyllic year-round and lives up to its name with miles of beaches for every taste. Harbor Beach is the largest and is lauded as one of the best surf spots in one of the most respected surf areas in the country. City Beach is great for kids and has a pier that you’ve probably seen in plenty of Instagram Posts. Buccaneer Beach is a smaller, but its adjacent lawn, creek, and cafe give you more to do than just tan.

Lifestyle

After reading that potentially stressful last section, take a deep breath. Did the sweet ocean breeze waft in with your breath and calm you with its gentle bliss? Well it could have. Life in Oceanside revolves, unsurprisingly, around the ocean and beach. Surfing, fishing, tanning and whale watching are all popular and possible in Oceanside. Residents are often described as having laid back surfer energy culture. LA and San Diego are also a manageable drive away for those that might be looking for big city amenities.

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Everybody's Gone Surfin

If you’re looking to get away from the metropolises of Los Angeles or San Diego while still keeping that same So-Cal flavor, look no further. If you have a beach town dream and are willing to sacrifice some big city amenities, check out Oceanside.

Reviews of Oceanside from Locals

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Hazel0mutt
1y ago
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Born and raised here, and raising my own. I really like raising a family here. Vista Unified is awesome, try to get into their district. Both my own schools and my son's school are in Oside despite being VUSD.

There are so many local parks, events, things to do. In Oct there was something free for my kids to do every weekend. We really loved the Fire Fighter Expo! Each season the Oside Park & Rec puts out an activity guide for residents. So far my son has gotten to take soccer, martial arts, hip hop, and now skateboarding, all at great prices.

https://www.ci.oceanside.ca.us/government/parks-recreation

There are tons of families with kids in our neighborhood. We get lots of trickortreaters, many kids of all ages. I love being close to Carlsbad and Vista, Legoland, the beach. We can do WAP or Zoo on a weekend if we're ambitious. We do the Del Mar Fair every year. We also hit up Bringle Terrace for the Moonlight Amphitheater, 4th of July, and Highland Games. And I love how we can hit up SD or LA for concerts or sports games if we're desperate, not to mention the museums and Globe Theater.

And don't even get me started on the food. So much culture mixing and mingling. We also appreciate the farmers and growers, and do the Farmers' Market every weekend. I was taken to the library every Sat as a kid and now do the same with mine. So much of Oceanside has just gotten better and better since I was a kid.

I really loved growing up here and am so excited to raise my kids here, too.

I think the only downside of living in Oside is Camp Pendleton training (noisy) but you get used to it. 🤣

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