Morro Bay Library at 625 Harbor Street, Morro Bay, California.

I really wanted to like this library -- really, I did. Morro Bay is such a lovely place that I expected the library to reflect that charm. Instead, it's an obnoxiously noisy affair where many of the patrons have never heard of using their "quiet voices" or putting their phones/computers on silent. As I type this, there are men nearby talking at full street volume while another man's computer blasts out what I can only guess is music from a 90s-era videogame. I've been here for two hours, on a Friday morning nonetheless, and it's not getting better. Some of you reading this may be saying, "well, it's a public library--what did you expect?" But for all others, you have been warned.