I left the Bay Area for Chico California when I was 22 and at 44 I returned back to the Bay Area! This is my three year anniversary!😄😃😀

The Bay Area turned out to be less hyper modern than I expected it to be.  Not everyone here is sophisticated.  In fact there are plenty of immature people here!?  The area may not resemble southern California, but it has different layers of sprawl.  I believe the city of Berkeley has declined more than anywhere in the Bay Area. 😞. Otherwise I dont know what else to say currently.  The bay has not been bad, but I would not give it a super high ranking.