[toddmorey]

And most of California is nothing like LA or SF! This drives me a bit nuts... I've done a ton of traveling, and while I think you can generally and accurately describe life in a certain city, it doesn't expand well to bigger geographies. Parts of France are nothing like Paris. Parts of Japan are nothing like Tokyo. In general, when choosing where to live, it's best to make sure you are a match on the city level. (Perhaps, too, give points to a city for being enough of a hub to make traveling easier.)