Patricio communicated with me very well to coordinate our meeting time at his place. He was very friendly and provided me with information about his place and about the neighborhood and told me that I should reach out to him with any issues or questions. The neighborhood seemed safe to me. It's very close to the ocean. I enjoyed walking on the paved path along the beach which was well-lit at night. I found the apartment to be very hot and stuffy partly because of the heat wave happening in Long Beach at the time of my stay (July), and the fact that most places don't have air conditioning. I've lived in Atlanta, GA most of my life where almost everyone has air conditioning, so I found it very uncomfortable to be so hot. The apartment had windows you could keep open; however, there were no screens on the windows so I felt bugs coming into the apartment at night.