[guelo]

If you haven't lived in California then it's hard to notice the stodginess of the society you live in.

[thrownaway2424]

I can't tell if the hilarity of your statement was intended.

[vinay427]

I feel like it wasn't intended. I'm honestly not sure when we arrived at HN users calling societies outside of California "stodgy."

[in_cahoots]

I live in California but grew up on the East Coast, and I go back fairly often. I'm honestly baffled by your comment here. The main difference I see is in the diversity of people you will find in CA -- it seems that few people are really 'from' California, we all migrated here from somewhere else. But otherwise I don't see many cultural differences.