Some homes, gorgeous creatures, sit on bluffs high over the Pacific. You're paring for the location and ambi anee. About one in five residential units was built before 1950. About seven in ten were built between 1950 and 1980. La Jolla is still building but it doesn't have much land left.
Ravines weave through the terrain.
Coffee shops, restaurants, galleries, antique stores, tony boutiques can be found in the coastal shopping zone, foremost on Prospect and Girard streets but the section also has its fast-food places and its ice cream parlors. And for the kids and young hearts, a Hard Rock Cafe. In evening, residents and visitors stroll a beach promenade and watch the sun make a golden departure. Yes, some parts are. Many parts are just very nice.