As somebody who’s lived half their life in each, both are exaggerations. Most New Yorkers aren’t cynical. Most Bay Area folks aren’t toxically positive. But it

As somebody who’s lived half their life in each, both are exaggerations. Most New Yorkers aren’t cynical. Most Bay Area folks aren’t toxically positive. But it’s silly to imagine that the urban infrastructure doesn’t influence peoples’ psyches - they totally do!