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About Me

In 1902, a group of farmers and investors decided to build a residential/resort community on the bluff above a popular Shell Beach. Spurred on by the success of Atlantic City on the East Coast, they named their venture "Pacific City." Although the boom of the 1880's was long over, the entrepreneurs hoped to capitalize on a new one developing in coastal resort cities like Long Beach and Newport Beach. However, the first speculators did not have the resources to carry out successful promotion. Soon they sold to a group of Los Angeles businessmen, ultimately including Henry E. Huntington. Huntington was expanding his Pacific Electric Railway then and was ready to bring it into coastal Orange County. On July 4, 1904, the first Red Cars of the Pacific Electric rolled in to the new city and its name was changed to Huntington Beach.
A little timeline....
I was incorporated in 1909 and started off like this!
Then they found oil...
Then around 1950 I looked like this...
and well you know what I look like now!!
Oh yeah, I even have my own official website

My Interests

Surfing, anything at the beach, fishing from the pier, frisbee golf in Central Park, 4th of July Parade, 4th of July 5k, hanging out on Main, 5 Points, Huntington Center, Surfing Museum, Surf Walk of Fame, Dog Beach, making fun of the 909, punk shows, bike rides and anything else to do in town

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who lives in Huntington or loves hanging out here...if you want to be added to HB's friends, you must mention HB somewhere on your myspace page! Afterall, we can't let the 909 infiltrate!

Music:

The Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, Vandals, Sublime, and anything else that mentions my name!

Movies:

The Endless Summers, any surfing movies, Orange County, etc.

Television:

The OC, Baywatch,

Books:

Huntington Beach CA, The California Coastal Resource Guide, Lonely Planet Coastal California, Lonely Planet California, Henry Edwards Huntington, America's Best Beaches, Postsuburban California, and anything else that mentions Huntington Beach.

Heroes:

Henry Huntington, Ed Manning, Jason Lee, Tom Blake, Sam Reid, Whitey Harrison, Duke Kahanamoku, Pete Peterson, Gene "Tarzan" Smith, Joe Quigg, Tommy Zahn, Matt Kivlin, Melonhead, Dave Rochlen, Woody Brown, Robert August, Buzzy Trent, Gidget, John Severson, Bruce Brown, Bruce "Snake" Gabrielson, Chuck Ray, Tom Morey

My Blog

Mentioning HB

You MUST mention HB in your profile to get added. Cheers
Posted by Huntington Beach on Wed, 30 May 2007 11:30:00 PST

2000 demographics

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 189,594 people, 73,657 households, and 47,729 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,773.9/km² (7,183.6/mi²). There were 75,662 housing uni...
Posted by Huntington Beach on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:10:00 PST

SAVE CENTRAL PARK FROM DEVELOPMENT

http://www.savecentralpark.org/
Posted by Huntington Beach on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:55:00 PST

"MEASURE T" WILL DESTROY CENTRAL PARK

Vote NO on "Measure T" There is a measure on the November ballot to develop a huge portion of Huntington Central Park. The proposed tract of open land will be turned into a senior citizen...
Posted by Huntington Beach on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:50:00 PST