FWIW, I agree with you. I've lived in several states (and a half-dozen countries) and I find the culture of the bay area more monolithically stifling than anyw

FWIW, I agree with you. I've lived in several states (and a half-dozen countries) and I find the culture of the bay area more monolithically stifling than anywhere else I've lived. No hyperbole. And I am someone who would be considered well left-of-center just about anywhere else in the country.