they bring in a variety of vegetables, flowers, chickens , rabbits, Cider- Grape juice-Mushrooms-no heay meats. All nationalities seen. Had lunch at the El Patio Cafe- all Mexican Food. Had a special Combination Plate that started w/a tostada-a salad on a sort of flat Tortilla w/a paste and the salad on top of that - then one plate one Enchilada-one Tamale -one Taco-side dishes of Fried Beans and Fried Rice - $1.20. Bottle Mexican Beer 40c. To me it was not particularly appetizing but I wanted to see what it was like. The beer seemed weak and would take a lot to get feeling good. Wandered all over the town. Nice wide clean streets - no jay walking-everyone respects the traffic lights- seats at every bus stop for waiting passengers-mostly modern buildings - couldn't find any Skid Row district - a wonderful clean beach on the ocean - streets down town run North-South. East and West-population about 350,000. A 3% sales Tax on everything outside of medicines I believe so you always wind up with a lot of pennies. A lot of the old timers run around in small two seater Scootmobiles that operate on batteries. They operate on the sidewalks and the corner curbings have a dish slant that allows them to go up and down freely. I was most impressed with Lincoln Park and the Facilities for the Older People who are made to feel very comfortable. Check the figures on the sheets opposite and you can see the Long Beach is expanding tremendously. I couldn't see at the time the United Drug moved out here why they did it but I can understand it now. I suppose the answer to the whole thing is the universal answer that they will not go back East.