YES, the Bay Area is jaw-droppingly beautiful. No two ways about that. Living there is hell by another name. Went back past September, and my son was stunned. His horror at seeing how oppressed and censored the people living there (used to be us) are -- except for the liberals who make living there uncivilized and intolerable.
What a trap of a place. Didn't used to be like that. I remember when it was as beautiful inside as outside.