I don’t know if this is a San Francisco thing, or a West Coast thing, but everytime I land at the SF airport, it is sunny, and I immediately notice that the quality of light is very different. As if a very find gold dust filled the air.
Frankly, I haven’t noticed much difference in driving styles or courtesy. It also seems to me that African-Americans and other Blacks tend to speak more from the mainstream and less from the ‘hood on the West coast.
The mountains on the West coast are bigger. In fact, they are so big, they make East coast “mountains” look like hills. The Beaches are different, too. There seems to be more public access on the West coast. I don’t know about how populated they are, since I haven’t been on one in the summer.
Oh, and West coast business attire is slowly spreading on the East coast, starting with the tech sector, of course. Bankers and lawyers will, no doubt, always wear suits!