I lived in the Belmont Shore area of Long Beach for 3 years. It was so awesome! Everyone has dogs there (little & big.) Almost all of the restaurants have outside eating areas and the stores have dog biscuits inside so you can feed your dog a treat. I wish that I still lived there now that I have Izzie....
Everyone there is so open-minded about you bringing your furbaby wherever you want. I took Izzie to an intermural basketball game last week. The guy at the gym was like "You can't have a dog in here" when I tried to get her to go on her piddle pad. I sat right next to him for 30 minutes and he didn't even notice her! She started chasing him down the hall and when he picked her up, she licked his face. He then said "just clean up after her, okay?" That's my girl!