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Cardiff-By-The-Sea - The Quintessential Southern California Beach Town

 
Cardiff (see slideshow at bottom of page) is a quaint and charming seaside village with a long surfing history, located about 20 miles north of San Diego, and sandwiched between Solana Beach (to the south) and Encinitas (to the north).
 
Cardiff has gorgeous views of the Pacific as well as the San Elijo Lagoon which forms the south border, and is a popular tourist and surfer destination.
 
 
Cardiff is a community of approximately 4550 housing units, both owner occupied and rentals, in a11,500 (2007 census) residents, with about 56% of them owning their homes, and the rest renting.
 
The town was founded by J. Frank Cullen, a Boston painter turned developer. He purchased the land (about 600 acres) originally developed as farmland and sold off lots. Cullen supposedly selected a Spanish name for the town (common in the area) but was persuaded to name it Cardiff, after the town in his wife's native Wales.
 
Driving through Cardiff you will notice that many of the streets have English names (Oxford, Cambridge, Manchester, Glasgow, and so on). Victor Kremer developed the area north of Birmingham now called the Composer District (again, the names are a give-away - Mozart, Verdi, Chopin, Rubinstein). It is believed he may have ... more

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