@Elucidating yeah, I grew up in a red county on the California coast, and I lived in SF & Oakland for a bit in 2000-2003; I was surprised at how much of the Fox News mindset I encountered there even then, though it came from places with innocuous names starting with words like “pleasant”
I also remember the difficulty of saving up to move to the bay area to begin with, & the ensuing scramble to stay on top of expenses then