Absolutely. No offense to Shasta and other Angelenos here, because they *are* the minority in L.A., but I found folks in the Bay area to be overall smarter, friendlier, and more genuine than in SoCal. There is much less of a sense of entitlement up north.Northern CA is quite different-- I live in Sacramento. Not that we don't have traffic jams and expensive real estate but it just seems like attitudes, home prices, and traffic gridlock are definitely improved here.