Welcome to Balboa, CA, Balboa Island, California
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by Balboa is a tiny peninsula down in the heart of Southern California. All the old timers from So Cal live down there, mainly because it's so expensive and also because it's a calm place. It liiks like everyone is happy here. I love the place for Thanksgiving and to see all the funky decorations that people put outside their houses for Christmas.
Boating is also amazing in the clean, blue ocean all year. The Balboa Island Ferry is nice as well, that's the actual means of public transportation, really gives you a special feeling.
BTW, every other house has a USC flag... it's a big plus there!
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The city is now home to about 4,000 people most of which are of Native American decent, although their ancestors were not the first settlers. The town has seen better days in the past when its residents reached 20,000. They all came here lured by the richness of the land, there is still some gold mining going on and keeps the town rolling while tourism does its share of keeping the town alive. It is a secluded place at the end of the world, as its name suggests and there are no roads to link it to the outside world, the main way to get there is by air. When you visit it for the first time it really seems like that and you might see it as a... Read more »
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