Sorry - this is about as far off topic as possible to get!
I live in the US, and have never been to England. Apparently AFF is based in England and most of you are from the Isles or Oz. Loch Lomond is actually my ancestral home, I come from a branch of the Colquhoun clan that owns the Rossdhu estate.
I lived in San Francisco for two years though. It was difficult, and prices were obscene (they're even worse now). I loved it at the time, but I wouldn't now. I intend to move WAY out into the Nevada desert, set up a hydroponic farm, and wait out the collapse of society. Then I'll emerge to be a new feudal lord. *yay*
If you ever come to California, try wandering around the Tenderloin in SF. A bad slum, but the architecture is quite nice, a lot like some parts of London. Then drive up to Sacramento where we have wooden houses. A lot of Brits love the old wooden Victorians here. Half of the houses in downtown are of a later type called Craftsman (1900-20 approximately) though, so be warned. I've been driving around down there and have found that the really cool Queen Anne Victorians are actually few in number.
A better place to go for cool old houses would be San Jose's downtown. Silicon Valley is heaven for a tech loving aspie. When I lived in SF I spent a lot of time down in Silicon Valley. There's The Tech Museum in downtown San Jose and Intel has its own museum. Then there's Fry's Electronics, which is God of Electronics Stores. The Sunnyvale location is the best, 1177 East Arques Avenue at Santa Trinita. I know of aspies who could live at Fry's. I've heard of a few who practically do. They only venture into natural light to buy stuff at Fry's, go to work, and cash their fat paychecks. They spend the rest of their 20 hour day on a computer.
The City of Sunnyvale has a little tiny museum, in downtown Sunnyvale, such as it is. (The downtown was torn down decades ago for malls and office space.) Stanford University is a must see too. In the lobby of the Bill Gates Computing Center you can see one of the first item that Hewlett Packard ever built, one of the few that remain. Venture onto the upper floors for such displays as a vacuum tube that was made to be a data storage medium. You will need a car as transit stinks unless you like walking.
Apparently AFF is based in England
The founders Amy and Gareth live in Wales.
Loch Lomond is actually my ancestral home
That's not in England either!
Lol! I've noticed a few threads recently comparing US to UK and it ocurred to me that the UK isn't so much of a political entity anymore, and it never really was a social or national identity anyway - except to those who thought that England equalled UK! 
Pezar - you sound as if you get easily get a job with the Tourist Board!
And if you ever think of coming to Scotland to visit your ancestral home, progeny of the laird that you are, there are a few AFFers within easy reach of Loch Lomond!
I must say - hope it is not controversial - (I am from the US) People form the UK speak and write with better english then most americans. american english seems to be going down the tubes - no doubt our George W. has something to do with it. It is embarrassing how poorly (some) supposedly highly educated (yale for example) graduates speak. that said, I have never in my years, run into a group of such wonderfully intelligent writers (not that I am worthy to judge anyones abilities) - I am so enjoying the many cohesive theories and thoughts put down so eloquently into a forum - better than most things published. So interesting for me, as I so love to see language actually have meaning...