Ventajas
Well-funded school and well-prepared students, compared to other local ones.
Desventajas
Entitled students, alienated faculty. From reports I heard constantly from full-time employees, and from direct experience, there seems to be culture of backstabbing here unlike any I've experienced anywhere. There's some solidarity evident among grad students, which contrasts markedly with the typical anti-solidarity among faculty. It's partly because few faculty live in town, almost everyone seems ashamed to work in this city, and almost everyone acts like they should be anywhere else. I guess because in their profession and within the UC, they tend to feel dissed, they tend to bully each other and anyone trying to get work here. The city's not so bad, actually, aside from an atrocious self-image.