I just got back from Oregon, and that was pretty annoying. Maybe Oregon is just a moon of California so it doesn't really count to treat them as separate phenomena.
I'm from Ohio, we literally gave you JD Vance, what more do you want from us to prove that we are the actual worst? couch-fucking competitions at the state fair? MORE sanctimonious lectures? piles of corncobs and cholesterol?
After 40+ years in California, specifically around the "nice" part of it that tech bazingas flocked to and gentrified since the 90s, I can say...
If they're not the most annoying, they are definitely up there with smug insufferable emptiness that is stuffed with treats and fad-chasing. Ever meet a woman whose personality was "yoga, wine, and tormenting retail/restaurant workers?" Ever meet a man whose personality was "bibeo bame and P R E S T I G E T V?"
I take it you've never been to Los Angeles. LA should take the blame for introducing the "yoga wine women" to your old area.
Also, by "LA" I mean Century City, Westwood, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Venice, Malibu, & the SFV, aka "the porn capitol of the world", where I grew up. Long time residents call it "Hell-A" for a reason.
I mean as insufferable as the tech valley is, you can't match the shittiness and pure demonic ego of a city that has it's own song, written in the 80s, no less: https://inv.tux.pizza/watch?v=KcADqxnQA_4
EDIT: I wanted to add that LA is the image most people have in mind when they talk about CA. Sorry.
I mean as insufferable as the tech valley is, you can't match the shittiness and pure demonic ego of a city that has it's own song, written in the 80s, no less: https://inv.tux.pizza/watch?v=KcADqxnQA_4
Some of the most annoying people in the world are Californians, but in my own experience they're statistical outliers and should not be counted.
Otherwise "most annoying people" is such a broad, non-specific category that you could make a case for basically any group of 2 or more people being the most annoying. I'm personally annoyed by Seppophilic Norwegians and by Seppos in Norway, and I doubt anybody else is gonna mention those types of people.
I met a lot of people from a lotta places in the US. I met a lot of people from Texas. maybe a half dozen of them weren't in dire need of an ass kicking.
one of my clients has a contract with a guy out there and we always give him shit for his accent by doing that cartoonish snl skit voice. "Just get on the 101 and let it drop you off where you belong!"
People from NYC are. The most annoying people who think they know all about the world because of the enclaves living there. Ever have someone tell you that they know more about your country than you do because of the migrant population near them?