What's your favorite beach community?

Pretend you are moving to San Diego and you've never been there before. You're committed to living in a beach community, but you don't know much about any of them.

What do you know about the beach communities in San Diego that would be useful for an outsider to know? What do you wish someone would have told you? Favorite bars, restaurants, and shops? What are your "insider's secrets?" Bring the good, bad, and the ugly. I have a Starbucks gift card for the best post, so don't be bashful!!!

San Diego beach communities, in no particular order...

1. Pacific Beach

2. Ocean Beach

3. Mission Beach

4. La Jolla

5. Imperial Beach

6. Coronado Island

7. Point Loma

8. La Playa

9. Roseville/Fleet Ridge

10. Solana Beach