And the reason we hang out here?
The weather. Really.
The Hollywood folks are a bad example ... The early film studios tried to establish a foothold here in Northern California, but we're too laid back for those uptight weirdos, so they ran off to LA with their tails between their legs a century or so ago. Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, KBE did some of his best work up here; he loved Niles Canyon. Some say he never recovered after the forced move South.