San Diego is a city of pristine natural and man-made beauty, as seen with its wonderful beaches and resorts, downtown cultural, historical, and commercial centers, and numerous attractions like SeaWorld San Diego and the San Diego Zoo. This wonderful balance of natural and man-made beauty also makes San Diego a wonderful place to live in, as the town of La Jolla shows.

Located in the northern city limits of San Diego, La Jolla is one of San Diego’s seaside resort communities, a prime choice for the wealthy and affluent. It occupies 7 miles of curving coastline, facing the Pacific Ocean, and is surrounded on three sides by beaches, ocean bluffs, and wonderful scenery. It is also an ideal place to experience San Diego’s perfect weather, as it has a very mild climate with an average temperature of 70.5 degrees F.

La Jolla is a very good destination for tourism and commerce, with its many neighborhoods and shopping areas. The business district has numerous boutiques, restaurants, shops, cafes, art galleries, jewelry stores, and much more, most located in turn of the century Spanish architecture.

One key attraction in La Jolla is The Museum of Contemporary Art, which was founded in 1941. It contains a collection of over 3,500 American and European works of art from the post 1950s era. These include paintings, sculptures, photographs, design objects, video pieces, and much more.

La Jolla is also home to University of California, San Diego, or UCSD, which is ranked the 14th best university in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. The school has a very high level of research activity within its walls, because UCSD is a designated sea and space grant institution. But the school is more than just a learning institution, as it is the key factor that removed La Jolla’s former antisemitic image.

This was because when La Jolla was first marketed by its developers in the early 1960s, it was shown as an area for isolation and exclusivity. There were many communities wherein there was an anti-Jewish mentality, forcing most Jews to either pay more for homes, or live in anxiety. However, in 1962, with talk of building UCSD in La Jolla, things began to change. It was either, have an anti-Semitic covenant, or a world-class university with many Jewish professors.

Today, La Jolla has none of its past negative image, and is a place that can truly live up to San Diego’s reputation as a melting pot of cultures, peoples, and lifestyles. Truly deserving of its name, La Jolla is “The Jewel City”.

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