Hola, Alan.
Welcome. Here's your helmet!
I look forward to your contributions! 
Please don't be offended if I go off on a rant from time to time about how many people in SoCal don't live on the planet we call earth.
I'm not trying to insult anyone specific, just point out what I see as the fundamental disconnect I see between daily life as massive consumers there and the rest of the world, often as it relates to bringing goods/services to said consumers. Oh yeah, and the proliferation of plastic surgery. It is sort of automatic at this point after my experiences living/working in LA. 