[atypicaluser]

The OP wrote—

> of having an extremely mainstream Californian outlook

One can have the outlook without the residency.

And what is that outlook? Certainly not what CS imagines it to be, e.g. "uncritical technological boosterism and the desire to get rich quick." If one wants the real California ideology, one only need look at Gavin Newsom and the Democratic Party supermajorities of a past decade-plus. Or at the policies enacted by San Fran, LA, and other major California cities in recent years.

Scottish national policy as of late hasn't been too far off this mark. ;-)

[sleepybrett]

I don't think I could make a connection with 'uncritical technological boosterism' and charlie stross.