A string of coastal neighborhoods on one highway
Pacifica runs along the ocean south of Daly City, on the San Mateo County coast. The whole city uses ZIP 94044. It is really a chain of neighborhoods, each in its own valley or on its own bluff: Edgemar and Pacific Manor in the north, then Sharp Park, Fairway Park, Vallemar and Rockaway Beach, then Linda Mar, the largest, and Pedro Point at the south end.
Highway 1 ties them together. North of town it is a freeway into Daly City and Interstate 280. South of Linda Mar it climbs to Devil's Slide, where the Tom Lantos Tunnels now carry traffic through the headland instead of along the old cliffside road, on the way to Montara and Half Moon Bay. Sharp Park Road is the other way out, climbing east over the hills to Skyline Boulevard and San Bruno.
Fog and ocean wind are normal on the coast, especially in summer. Wet air is hard on cardboard, so on a gray morning we keep boxes covered and furniture wrapped between the door and the truck.
