Went to BM in 2000 with my gf (wife now) and both of us agreed it was a absolute waste of energy and time. We found it actually sad, depressing, and disgusting at times and left after two nights. It's mostly people from the Bay Area/SF/South Bay, LA, SD, and a mix of other cities. If you want to see people trying way too hard to be cool and taking nonsense about some spiritual connection to people, have at it. There is no point to the whole event..none and it's only gotten worse over the years. Our takeaway was that it was depressing, dirty, way too many drugs, children exposed to seeing sex acts that were ugly, too many deranged people, and the whole thing is lacking fun. Yes, a few funny moments or people, but overall boring.