Well, me being from So Cal, Los Angeles County you can get anything from pretty much anyone for a six pack
Yes, of course So Cal does have a lot of commercial business that has to do with this inflation, but the true hobbyist here, are second to none. I wouldn't be learning so much, and expanding my knowledge about the husbandry of such creatures, especially acropora if it weren't for some of the people here. This makes me wonder about new reefers coming into the hobby, they will probably never try and learn so much about colored sticks because they weren't given the chance to, it will simply make them turn the other direction because of the $, or it will give the buyer the wrong idea of what having coral is all about (just because its a "everyone wants," and that sucks.
A lot of people are surprised when they see some of my frags, they say where did you get that, and that, when really I don't even know the name of it, and it must have been freebies at a swap.
I started when I was 17. I'm 19 now, and it has been one hell of a journey