California’s year round produce is fantastic, there’s no denying that.
The deep dish Pizza here is pretty weak. Regents Pizza in UTC makes a decent pie, BJs is ok, but it’s not the same as a good Chicago/Milwaukee deep dish. Bronx Pizza in Hillcrest is the best New York style slice I’ve found.
As for culture, I laughed when I read the claim that San Diego has great culture. The museums here are pathetic considering the size of the city. And Californians can be VERY provincial. In particular, most native Californians can’t understand why anyone would live anywhere else (this even extends to NorCal/SoCal), and while they’ve usually been to Vegas and Mexico, there’s a lot of people here that have the annoying “fly-over” attitude about the Midwest that disgusts me in Northeasterners (New Yorkers and Bostoners in particular).
Then again, Minneapolis tends to thumb its nose at Omaha and Des Moines, so perhaps there’s provincialism everywhere.
