What are you talking about? Plenty of elite cuts still sell well in SoCal. Half of everything that sells down here is some sort of OG. Jungle Boys have built their whole business model on discovering and providing the new new, but even they have some elite cuts they work with. Topanga Canyon OG is an old cut that’s been around for a long time. Banana OG is an original ORGNkid cross. They have SFV x TK right now which is just a cross of two OG elites. Part of the problem with these elite cuts is that there is so much fake shit going around. SFV, Bubba, Chemdog...all get a bad rap because most of what’s sold as them isn’t the real deal.
Also, there’s an issue that comes with trying to keep up with the current hype. What’s popular today is not going to be popular a year from now. I’m of the opinion that people won’t even care about Purple Punch or Zkittlez in a few years time. Yeah, they smell good, but it certainly doesn’t pack a punch. Of all the recent hype strains, I think only GSC and maybe GG4 will continue to be considered elite. Everything else will just be a remix of the elites (cookies, OG, chems, diesels) or will be forgotten.