I live south of Vashti and out of the bible belt, so I am not surrounded by religious nut jobs. But saying that I live right next to an all girl high school. I also live within walking distance to the high school I went to (which is the only public high school ranked nationally in the top 50 high schools), and one of the better Cal State colleges are also with in walking distance from my house.
Most people are nice around here and there is a nice culture around here as there are a couple of theaters and art galleries. And my cities downtown is nice as well, but some of the places there cost to much for a college student. I would say race wise, its pretty mix with mostly asians, and whites making up the majority with hispanics in a close third.
But I have to say compare to some other cities I been to I like mine the most so far.