Arriving in Coronado area Jan 5 to Jan /0

One of the best ways to meet expats is at happy hours hosted by restaurants and bars that cater to them in the Coronado area  fromTues-Friday it moves from place to place.  I went for a week in early December and didn't particularly like it in terms of infrastructure, cost or organization.  Cost of rentals or purchase homes are on par with coastal Florida, Alabama, MS or TX.  There is no direct way to the beach and no real shops/bars on the beach. The western style supermarkets are the same price as the ones in Los Angeles- only savings is on taxes   I stayed at a private beach house 10 Km north but was in Coronado each day. There are a number of new communities marginally occupied and barely surviving  in the area. That also goes for foreign owned restaurants and shops. I was much more  pleased and comfortable spending a week in Panama City in an apartment on the Amador Peninsula  and exploring the city each day.

Thanks any way, we like this area have been going to the happy hours. Will be returning in April to work on our visa