"I bet I would be, since I was never a boy or a scout. The things I miss out on, man. Also, I thought California had cornered the market on weird."

It's probably been evident to Bruce all along that that's where she hails from, Southern California accent/word choices/cadence with the odd San Francisco pronunciation here and there. So she has no idea about anything in Maryland, and takes his suggestion of there be weird shit at face value.

"Though not even California compared to this place."