Southern California has the ugliest mountains and vegetation in the entire country. I actually find it disgusting. It's a really weird mixture of rock and shrubs that just scream dry, arid, and inhospitable. But there is more to it than that. I can't quite put my finger on it. Arizona and Nevada are just as inhospitable but they have a beauty to them. Even Northern California has interesting low resolution rolling hills. But SoCal.....man are these mountains fucking ugly