California is a great state, full of diverse and beautiful places. However, its the people that live there that ruin it. Thats no different than a lot of places.
However, there are way too many turds in that punch bowl to make it worth even trying to like it as a place to live. The highly populated regions built their version of paradise, and the rest of the state gets a bad wrap because of it. I used to live there for a long time, and moved. My friends that live there hate "California", but like where they live, or can't leave for personal or financial reasons.