Well, I don't live there now and I don't think I would choose to do so. In retrospect, however, it wasn't a bad place to be a kid. There wasn't nearly as much development along the beach then (1960s) as there is now and we had a lot of freedom to run around. I lived 2-1/2 blocks from the ocean beach and 2-1/2 blocks from the bay (center of a barrier island), so I was always on the water. It's where I learned to love swimming and sailing. There are positives and negatives to living in a small town.