Damn, reminds me a bit of San Pedro when I was at Fort Mac Arthur.
Fort Mac Arthur, that must of been one of the nicer bases of Post WWII.....? My youngest Sister, was married at Fort Mac's new look, Park......the barracks being modified for such things as Weddings, et al.
Got to say, I was utterly impressed with the view of the Pacific from Fort Mac.....
Paso Robles nearby, in my early 20s, I'd go looking for decent sized Crabs climbing on the Rocks....It always has amazed me, how close San Pedro and Paso Robles is/was, with Ft. Mac smack dab in b/t......and the polar extreme differences b/t both.....
San Pedro last time I was there in 02, was a utter ghetto to beat all ghetto's, easily as bad off, as Watts, or South Central, East L.A. Pacoima, when the riots of 92 began to burn. San Pedro had a helluva lot of LASD presence during those riots, moreso than the others mentioned, mostly due to Police being shot at.....