I also really enjoyed learning about all the little places, and it's a bonafide research rabbit hole if that's your sort of thing: weather, taxes, sports, politics, culture, economy, transport, food, history, lifestyle, geography. There's such variety and distinctness! I mean, you can cut the pie anyway you like and I bet there's somewhere in the US to suit you.
These folks aren’t all dead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WErjPmFulQ0
Source: I lived there from 2016 until last year and I still have a house there.
I moved out of state late last year.
I do love the burbs of Forsyth county though.
People moving into Forsyth over the last decade are transplants from up north and other parts of Atlanta are part of the “professional class” as the population has grown. They are the “college educated white suburban” group that have completely different attitudes than the people who have been in Forsyth forever.
Overland Park, KS
Minneapolis, MN
Colorado Springs, CO
Plano/McKinney/North Dallas, TX
Asheville, NC
Cincinnati, OH
Cleveland, OH
Bellingham, WA
SF is a pretty nice place, but you have to avoid tenderloin and soma.
But even with such nutcases, who you can safely ignore, because they’re just out of their heads clearly, I really like LA.
I find the street people in LA are not as dirty or aggressive as the worst street people in San Francisco. It’s like a Street people in LA still see you is kind of kin. But the street people in San Francisco: you guys are on two sides of divide like you’re from different worlds.
I remember Street people from both cities but I can’t remember like the specific places. I just recall that during the day, San Francisco is a lot worse than LA. More street people more aggressive, more dirty.
This was pre-pandemic, though, so maybe things have changed a lot. Hopefully for the better in all aspects!