People & Places

Comments (0) Best Downtown - 2012

Santa Ana

Readers' Choice: Huntington Beach

Not for what it's becoming—yet another gentrified slab of hipsters, trendy restaurants and chichi shops, with poor Mexicans desperately trying to survive in the area they've called casa for decades—but for what it currently is: a perfect mixture of said hipsters, restaurants, shops and wabs. The X factor in all this is the pochos who came of age in the city, who do love it for what it is but also want to transform SanTana into something suiting their assimilated needs. Add fire-breathing radicals intent on keeping the area Mexican, racists intent on driving them out, and the hordes of gabachos and Latinos alike who only want to have a bueno time and are winning the ultimate war, and you have a microcosm of Orange County—fun times!

 

Download our Free Best Of App

My Voice Nation Help
1 comments
Sort: Newest | Oldest

Search Best Of Awards

Best of Award Graphics

©2013 OC Weekly, LP, All rights reserved.
Browse Voice Nation
  • Voice Places Orange County

    Voice Places

    Find everything you're looking for in your city

  • Happy Hour App

    Happy Hour App

    Find the best happy hour deals in your city

  • Daily Deals

    Daily Deals

    Get today's exclusive deals at savings of anywhere from 50-90%

  • Best Of

    Best Of...

    Check out the hottest list of places and things to do around your city