I never had a problem with my We Are One wheels on my Levo. I can also say that I can't really tell the difference between carbon and alloy, to me it's psychological and they look cool because I've been brainwashed by big carbon-fiber to like carbon fiber. So do I recommend them? sure, but not...
maybe they should have taught you that the Bay Area is roughly 25% of the state by population, therefore ~25% of the people that live in CA are in areas that are relevant to what the OP was discussing.