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The broader Santa Cruz area encompasses several smaller communities and neighborhoods, each with their own character whether nearest the ocean and beaches or tucked into the redwoods.
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Santa Cruz Culture
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Santa Cruz has a niche for everyone - local artisans produce the kinds of paintings, glasswork, sculpture, and other fine work that can't be found anywhere else. As well, there are also high-tech companies located here simply because of the ambiance.
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Santa Cruz Education
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Up on "the hill," the University of California Santa Cruz campus is home to some of the world's finest programs in arts and sciences.
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Santa Cruz Employment
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Beyond the redwoods but within commute distance is vibrant Silicon Valley and the cosmopolitan greater San Francisco Bay Area.
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Santa Cruz Lifestyle
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Santa Cruz offer a high quality of life, with a host of excellent local points of interest such as a major university, the famous Boardwalk, a Marina and Yacht Harbor, Municipal Wharf, a downtown with barefoot friendly shops & restaurants and more movie screens per capita than any other coastal area.
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Santa Cruz Nature
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Santa Cruz is arguably the last of the real California beach towns. Packed into 12 square miles are stretches of lovely beaches, redwood forests, and the National Marine Sanctuary.
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Santa Cruz Recreation
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Steamer Lane is one of the legendary places to ride a surfboard. The waters in and around Santa Cruz host enthusiasts of sailing, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and body surfing. The Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor hosts a mix of fishermen, high-tech sailing craft, row boats, and sailors who all share love of the water with seals, otters, and seagulls. You can look for the sights of colorful spinnakers against a sunset sky.
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