San Diego is cool if you wanna not be able to drive down the street without some raving lunatic humanitarian dancing naked and exposing his inner/outer homosexual.
Srsly though SoCal is the best place to live in the world. If you care to dispute this fact, take a look at the property values/cost of living/etc. This comes from demand. If you can't hang, convince yourself you like the great outdoors or like the "colorful culture" of some shitty place or whatever.
That troll wasn't aimed at you, OP. I believe in you. See you soon.