Quote from Sell 'em:
Tourists really only come on the weekends, and more heavily during the summer months. (Monterey is outright frigid, and wet, during winter. Beautiful, but frigid and wet nonetheless.) Trading from an office, or home office, you will be oblivious to the tourist traffic. Anyway, as a resident, I just stayed away from scenic spots on the weekends - most every weekday is very pleasant.
Btw, I lived on the Presidio before the base was closed off to public traffic. Some of the best real estate on the Penn. And a hell of a run down to Asilomar Beach, around to cannery row, and then back UUUUUP. (To say it is a steep hill is a gross understatement.)
I'm still shopping for my vacation home on 17-mile drive ... Now if only the ES would cooperate!
Sell 'em, thank you for the helpful info. Good luck nailing ES, i am rooting for you, man!
btw, is Santa Cruz any warmer?
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