Actually, we've been a bit all over.. Silverlake in Los Angeles. It was Sunset Junction where hollywood, sunset and santa monica blvd's come together. Hipsters galore, we HATED IT. We got to the point where we weren't yielding to hipsters on fixies. They don't obey traffic laws run stop signs, ride in the middle of the street and ride brakeless so let them figure out how to stop... i forced quite a few off the road.what part of LA?
i lasted a little bit over a year out there. i'm back on the east coast.
and like you, most of my friends there were transplants.
Next was Mount Washington which was better but we were constantly waking up covered in ants and angry screaming asian people.
We just got a place on a quiet dead end street in Glendale and like it much better now. As crazy as this sounds, we miss snow, we miss the cold weather and especially the people. People out here are just so fake it's disgusting. I could go on and on... don't even get me started on the Mexicans... or as my federal agent friend who use to be with border patrol.. toncs. (the sound a maglight makes when you crack one over their head)
Oh and we aren't angry people, we're just Bostonians
As for the White Mountains... ya, they can be absolutely brutal at times. I was there over the summer and at the base it was 80 and sunny. by the time we made it up lion's head, it had dropped to almost 30 with zero visibility and strong winds. It happened as quick as flipping a light switch, absolutely unreal