Want to experience the worst, most unwelcoming, most pretentious & self centered people on earth? Move to La Jolla

After living here for a year on a work transfer, I feel I can give an honest review about the UCSD/La Jolla area. We have lived in many places on work transfer over the years, some amazing and some terrible… and while La Jolla is one of the most beautiful places we’ve stayed, it is BY FAR the top ranking for the worst people. Y’all have everything at your fingertips and perfect weather… I will never understand the behavior in this area. Here are a few things we experienced over the last year living here: 1) multiple people slamming their car door into my vehicle, getting caught and taking no accountability 2) multiple off leash dog attacks on my leashed dog on leash law trails, immediately followed by the owner blaming me even though their dog charged us from across the area 3) never seen more people blatantly run red lights and put other’s lives at risk 4) never seen more road rage 5) people get off on their classism here 6) disgusting treatment of service workers 7) everyone is in a hurry to get to their job that they hate and makes them miserable and if you’re driving the speed limit they honk at you 8) Kens and Karens screaming at each other in parking lots over parking spots because parking is so limited everywhere 9) EVERYTHING is marked up 5-50% simply because you’re in that zip code, drive 5 min down the freeway and gas + groceries are remarkably more affordable 10) they are trying to get rid of the seals that naturally abide their beaches simply because they don’t like their aesthetic 11) all around rude and highly elitist attitudes everywhere you go 12) material wealth is the priority over everything including their own mental health, happiness and family relationships 13) people are rich but absolutely miserable 14) no one smiles or says hello to each other… ever …….. not all wealthy communities are like this, I’m not sure what happened to this place but we will never be coming back… I actually have grown to feel really bad for the people in this area, stuck in their little bubble of delusion thinking they are achieving so much but experiencing minimal, if any, happiness and gratitude. Living here and getting to know the “community” has taught me a serious lesson: materialism will absolutely destroy your sense of what’s really important