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Nipomo Ranked
#3 2005 Best Places to Live
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#16 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Nipomo Ranked
#64 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Pismo Beach

Pismo Beach Ranked
#3 2005 Best Places to Live
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Pismo Beach Ranked
#10 Most Competitive Public Colleges
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Pismo Beach Ranked
#16 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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Pismo Beach Ranked
#64 Best Green Cities
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Reviews for Nipomo    3 Reviews

With a Climate Index Rating Of 84 Mico Coastel Climate. Other reviews are some gen. remakes about some cities in the state which has nothing to do with the Quaint  More

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Nipomo is about 8 miles inland from the coast with a small town atmosphere. Nice climate- usually in the 70's. Wine grapes, farming, horse farms and lovely residential  More

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Over 16 years ago

Nipomo is a small town that blends in to several small towns along the coast North of Santa Barbara. The biggest plus is the constant mild weather year round. The down  More

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Reviews for Pismo Beach    4 Reviews

It's a nice town to visit - although very touristy. Clean air - and nice sand dunes nearby. A variety of housing - but expensive. Good for seafood. I would say  More

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It's still challenging to find a good job: Diablo Canyon Nuclear plant has announced it will be closing in 9 years, so many 6-figure incomes will be going along with the  More

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Over 9 years ago

Because of fires allowed in campsites each and everyday it is very smokey and hard to  More

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