Bay Area (East Bay): Compared to most places I have been, it's very nice. But there are a few things about much of the Bay Area that I dislike. - Drugs are e

Bay Area (East Bay): Compared to most places I have been, it's very nice. But there are a few things about much of the Bay Area that I dislike. - Drugs are everywhere. People are smoking pot on the streets, smoking meth in the bathrooms. And in general you see people everywhere from many walks of life (and driving) intoxicated. - It's a philosophical mono-culture. In New York you will see devout Catholics going to mass, orthodox Jews working in shops and going to shul, Muslims heading to prayer. In the bay there are essentially shades of secularism. - People are largely segregated by race and income. There are black parts of town, Chinese parts of town, white parts of town, Mexican parts of town. And then they are further subdivided by "Rich {INSERT_HERE}" and "Poor {INSERT_HERE}" groups. That's not so abnormal and it might be self-imposed; but it makes the endless protests and riots about equality feel very hollow and out-of-touch.