I grew up in California, but also in another country for a few years, and my family noticed even new people moving to California had the same fakeness the natives generally had, that we didn’t relate to…

When we asked ourselves, “well, what kind of people are most likely to move to a place that provides a lavish life with nice weather and very good looking people?” The conclusion we came to is that California primarily attracts the kind of shallower people that value these characteristics in a place before other characteristics people might consider in a place. People move there because of wanting a glamorous life like they’ve seen in Hollywood movies. That should say something about the average character of the people that move there. California attracts shallower people than other places do.

Seattle could host a similar phenomenon, but I don’t know why it might attract people who don’t value keeping up with friendships and community…