  I really don't think I need to explain any further, but for those of you that have never lived in Orange County - I will. I've been here for the past year and a half, generally working and spending my spare time at one of the local small theatres. What I've come to realize from the people around and the audiences we have is this: Orange County is completely devoid of energy.
This place lacks enthusiasm, originality, eccentricities, creativity, and heart. urlLink Not a stimulating environment I hear this same complaint all the time about Los Angeles. I hear people talk about how fake and plastic it is (not to mention the people there). How everyone is so focused on 'the look' and the 'L.A. lifstyle. ' Sure, there's plenty of that in LA, but there's also a ton of culture and quirks and creativity. And LA can even (*gasp*) inspire! Yes, it can - hell, it's whole city built on dreams and delusions, love and heartache, guts and fear, brutal truth, outrageous lies, false hope, fairy tales, the filthy rich and the desperate poor. Orange County was built on guilded plywood. Which leaves much to be desired. I feel like my creativity level after being here is nearly depleted. I don't have that same sense of excitement and energy about creating whatever I could dream up that I used to have.
You sit in a place that puts all stresses on how much money/gadgets you can acquire, and it eventually gets to you. Orange County is the corporate capitol of the country, and that culture bleeds down into the population until we all become our own profit hungry CEO's. 
