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Article: La Jolla is the rich, quirky enclave at the north end of San Diego.
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- Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA)
- Article date:
- October 3, 2005
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Byline: Gary A. Warner
LA JOLLA, Calif. _ At first glance, La Jolla seems merely Malibu meets Beverly Hills. One part beach town. One part trust-fund enclave. Mix, and out pop guys with liposuctioned abs and ladies with severely pulled-back blond (real, frosted, bleached) hair. All orbiting in Lexus SUVs hunting for Armani, Rolex and the other usual high-end retail suspects.
Robb Report, the magazine for millionaires (and the wanna-be wealthy) once crowned the town as the best place to live in America.
But a closer look shows La Jolla (pronounced "la hoya") to be a far more intriguing stop than the usual west-of-the-freeway suburban seaside ...