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Bolinas, California Vacation Rental Houses and Condos.

Bolinas, California vacation rentals by owner condo and house rentals is in Marin County, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 1,246 at the 2000 census. Located along the coast and accessible only via unmarked roads, Bolinas, California vacation rentals by owner condo and house rentals is perhaps most well known for its reclusiveness; historically, any road signs pointing the way into town on Highway One have inevitably been torn down by local residents and directions listed on websites have been altered. For decades, many residents of the area have had their fun by giving tourists deliberately misleading directions, so that no matter where the tourists had wished to go, they soon found themselves on the road leading out of town. This has happened most often to tourists driving large motor homes, American luxury cars, and other vehicles that seemed especially out of place.

Bolinas, California vacation rentals by owner condo and house rentals and its reclusive reputation feature in the 1981 novel Ecotopia Emerging by Ernest Callenbach.

Bolinas, California vacation rentals by owner condo and house rentals has been described as a Hippie enclave. This is only partially accurate. There are, of course, many "street people" reminiscing loudly about Jimi Hendrix, and many senior citizens wearing tie-dyed t-shirts. With the rise of the Internet and the possibilities of telecommuting, however, many relatively wealthy non-hippies have moved to Bolinas. Rents on homes and even backyard shacks have risen very dramatically since 2000, and many Bolinas residents of all stripes have departed for greener pastures. The new population of middle-class "suburbanites" is quite noticeable.

Also, the children of many longtime Bolinas hippies have routinely turned out not to be hippies. As the first wave of these children reaches middle age, only a small percentage appears to have pursued a college education. Most of these Bolinas natives seem to maintain an ordinary, American, blue-collar lifestyle, such as that held by carpenters, housepainters, landscapers, or waitresses.

Bolinas, California vacation rentals by owner condo and house rentals is, however, a remarkably beautiful place.