it's not the glitz and glamour you might expect. I grew up about 50 minutes from santa clara, but my uncles lived up there for a long time. It's one of those things that you almost can't find what is so cool about that area, but if you're from there, you don't want to live anywhere else. If you're here to visit nice areas, San Francisco is the shit to me. Real cool city. LA sucks, but there is a lot of shit to do. San Diego is the shit, and that's all I can say about it. It's really expensive in cali tho, so be prepared