[mwfunk]

Skinny jeans (comically, impractically skinny jeans even, IMO) are extremely common in California. Possibly even the norm, if there is a norm.

[maxerickson]

Isn't it largely an age thing? They started to catch on about 15 years ago so people under about 35 favor them.

(of course the preferences above and below that age aren't universal, but I think that's a reasonable dividing line.)