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never having been there, how can you have a cali vibe anywhere else? The weather there is some what different than most places being mentioned. The beaches, unlike any anywhere else in the country. They have helped shape california vibe. It is as unique in and of itself as any region in the nation. Hard to transfer that vibe anywhere else.
No interest in California as its gone too loco for me but I feel, being on the east coast, and I may be wrong, but why go there when I perceive the same laid back beach vibes can be found on this side of the country in coastal Central/South FL and Coastal NC.
I can't believe no one has mentioned Austin, TX! Facebook Amazon, Tesla, Google, Amazon, AMD, Oracle, and Apple all have a huge presence there.
Tech and being left leanings are probably the only things Austin has that’s similar to California. The geography, climate, culture, history, and infrastructure all look very much like a Texan city.
Tech and being left leanings are probably the only things Austin has that’s similar to California. The geography, climate, culture, history, and infrastructure all look very much like a Texan city.
"Tech" is fungible and disappear/reappear anywhere in an instant.
The Bay Area has much deeper and permanent "tech" branding than anywhere in the world, but its funny that people keep trying to brand Austin similarly when Texas Instruments and Compaq came from Dallas and Houston. Yes, Dell came from Austin but that was nowhere near as earth-shattering as Compaq during its time.
In terms of having a historical and permanent tech brand, Dallas and Houston are way above Austin. Austin is a tech city the same way its a "foodie" city.
How many people in here have actually visited California on multiple occasions? California has a very distinct culture that you can’t really find anywhere else. Austin? No where in Texas feels like California, that’s the whole selling point and what they pride themselves on which has always been lame to me but I think a lot of that is connected to the politics there.
California is like NYC in that sense. There’s no where like it hence the high cost of living and the fact that it’s the largest state in the country.
N + NW San Antonio/W Austin remind me a lot of the southern Orange County area topographically, minus the beach.
In terms of the behavior of the people, I would say Seattle seemed the closest to me, out of the places I've been to.
I thought it would be South Florida because of the warm weather and palm trees, but when I went there, it was different. The people act different, and the beach seemed to be more like a resort with people renting umbrellas/chairs to sit in certain parts of the beach. Totally different from the California beaches I've been to.
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