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Hawthorne, CA vs South Padre Island, TX

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I lived there. Hawthorne is a ___hole. Crime, Drugs, Unemployment near 12% and, they can pay the police enough to stay and deal with all the crap! It has to be one of  More

Great multi-cultural, family-oriented little enclave of Hawthorne called Wiseburn. Has a newly built middle school and a new elementary school is nearly complete. Not a  More

I wouldn't recomend anyone raise children here. The weather is about as mild as anywhere in the world, but the area is a little too rough for most normal people. There  More

Winter is very mild and wonderful. Lots of wind year round. Summers are hot in the low 90's but  More

is th crime as bad as i hear thatit  More