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Pismo Beach is that laid-back friend who’s always ready for a good time but never makes a big fuss about it. This classic California beach town stretches along a wide, flat beach that seems to go on ...

Sometimes this was expressed as out-and-out adulation and other times as a bitter denial of any connection whatsoever, and ...