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Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California. The city is named after American businessman Henry E. Huntington. The population was 189,992 during the 2010 census, making it the most populous beach city in Orange County and the seventh most populous city in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its estimated 2014 population was 200,809. It is bordered by Bolsa Chica Basin State Marine Conservation Area on the west, the Pacific Ocean on the southwest, by Seal Beach on the northwest, by Westminster on the north, by Fountain Valley on the northeast, by Costa Mesa on the east, and by Newport Beach on the southeast.
Huntington Beach (locally initialized "HB") is known for its long 9.5-mile (15.3 km) stretch of sandy beach, mild climate, excellent surfing, and beach culture. The ocean waves are enhanced by a natural effect caused by the edge-diffraction of open ocean swells around Santa Catalina Island. Swells generated predominantly from the North Pacific in winter and from a combination of Southern Hemisphere storms and hurricanes in the summer focus on Huntington Beach, creating consistent surf all year long, hence the nickname "Surf City".

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I'm a good fit because I have transportation I'm a doctoring man I have a lot of education and taking care of people that are in the elderly and I care about the older people of my life

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40 years of teaching Account Executives principals of finance.

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Huntington Beach has very good general livability, with plenty of local transportation, easy access to shopping and dining, plenty of local health care, education, parks and community engagement centers.

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Good livability, good senior care, good working and educational environment. Good transportation and community engagement for those who want to become engaged. Excellent place to live by the beach with in walking distance from down town, local churches and shopping centers.

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