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My guess is its shallow (and correct me if I am wrong Grapico) because a lot of bay area people have this bizarre way of being hypocritical and ironic (maybe thats why there are so many hipsters there?). They talk about how cold a city is and how it sucks, then brag about skiing in Tahoe. The talk about how cool it is to go hang around the beach in Santa Cruz, even though the water is just as warm if not warmer in cape cod, in the summer. Never mind the fact that a lot of people who seem to brag about the multitude of outdoor activities in California, seem to be on the computer 24/7. Makes me wonder if these people have jobs or classes let alone actually partake in the outdoor activities they all seem to champion.
Same can easily be said vice-versa. They have Hipsters all over NYC. People BRAG, BRAG, BRAG, about how they have access to so-and-so urban activities, and how 95% of the US who ISN'T in there region is fly-over-country and sprawlville and or characterless. I don't see how being nature oriented would make one even more shallow than an "all-urban-all-the-time" person. If one prefers the beach and the sun, to a brownstone and a high-rise, I don't logically see how that would make that person shallow per se.
Same can easily be said vice-versa. They have Hipsters all over NYC. People BRAG, BRAG, BRAG, about how they have access to so-and-so urban activities, and how 95% of the US who ISN'T in there region is fly-over-country and sprawlville and or characterless. I don't see how bing nature oriented would make one even more shallow than an "all-urban-all-the-time" person. If one prefers the beach and the sun, to a brownstone and a high-rise, I don't logically see how that would make that person shallow per se.
Like I said, Bay Area offers some of the best urban in the country and some of the best outdoor activities in the country, like no other place
Other areas offer great urban (NYC, Chicago); other areas offer great outdoor activities in and around cities (San Diego, Seattle) - but not have the combination of truly world-class urbanity and truly-world class outdoor activities ad scenery like the Bay Area.
One thing about San Jose is that the nightlife downtown is growing quickly. There are now more than 40 clubs, bars, pubs of all types in a relatively small area downtown. Most are clubs with DJS, but there are some live music venues, some cool pubs, breweries, cantinas, a sake bar, etc. There's a lot more there than people imagine. Exponentially better than Jacksonville or Phoenix (cities its often compared to but nothing like) in terms of vibrancy and nightlife, etc.
Also, San Jose has a nearly even split of 30% Hispanic, Asian, and White, so there are cool ethnic pockets with GREAT restaurants (better hole-in-the-wall Asian and Mexican than San Francisco, IMO) along with more standard single-family neighborhoods.
Being outdoors is nice. In a boring museum is lame.
These are not diametrically opposed.
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