"The west coast is a very depressing place to live"? I disagree.
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I was born and raised in Escondido (northeast of San Diego), went to university in San Luis Obispo (north of Santa Barbara), and worked in Los Angeles. I can tell you through these experiences that while yes, occasionally you do get depressed because of the shit-eating grins that people have on their faces all of the time (even when they're sad), the West Coast is NOT a depressing place to live.. quite the opposite. Too much of anything is depressing and if you face everything with cynicism and only focus on the negative portions, of course, everything will seem terrible to you.. "The west coast is a very depressing place to live"? That is such an incredibly biased sentiment.
California is diverse, well-situated between natural forests such as the redwoods in the San Francisco bay area, the snowy mountains of Big Bear, the gorgeous beaches of Carlsbad and borders "festively colorful" Mexico to the south and "hippie green" Oregon. Yes, I do agree that superficiality reigns in certain cities and neighborhoods but that's the same in any state/country/province. What about SoHo in New York, Salamanca in Spain, and Paris in France? Pretentious folks are all over the world. When I first moved to LA, I hated it and held the same pessimistic attitude that some of you probably have currently about the city. But after living there and experiencing the different levels of craziness and sanity, you finally find a great group of people who stay with you because you've actually made the time and effort to develop the friendship and commit to it.
So, basically.. to end my little rant, my point is this: Don't take a superficial look at California before you actually make a conscious effort to enjoy what we have to offer. Otherwise, you're just being as pretentious as all those blonde bimbos you're disgusted by.