Bay Area has the wildest culture but measures itself against duller East Coast norms
matdryhurst · x · 2026-10-24
matdryhurst observes an irony of the Bay Area: it hosts some of the wildest people and most influential culture, but since it isn't a traditional media center, people there tend to measure themselves against far less wild and interesting places to the east.
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