Which coast has a better looking built environment: Atlantic vs. Pacific (state, quality)

[MalvoLLorne]

Within the contiguous United States, in terms of both quality and quantity, which side of the ocean has the lead in built environment around it?

Built environment includes many things, from oceanfront properties like mansions or houses to entertainment/luxury resorts like hotels or casinos, or even things like boardwalks, amusements parks etc. Pretty much anything man-made around the coasts that is not natural.

Pictures are welcomed, but I believe you have to actually own the photos if you wanted to post them in these forums directly. Otherwise you can just link them.

[FirebirdCamaro1220]

I say Pacific, especially from San Francisco southward

[Ant131531]

Atlantic Ocean...cities like Savannah, Charleston, Boston, Alexandria, and of course parts of NYC, Philly, and D.C. are gorgeous...they destroy the built environments of Seattle, Portland, and LA. Now SF can go toe to toe with them, but that's it.

[Sandy_Eggo]

In this one, Atlantic easily. You get much more room to build.

[Ebck120]

Atlantic. Theres just alot more built up enviornment and variety as you from Maine all the way down to Key West.

[UrbanCheetah]

This is a joke. Atlantic all the way.

[NativeOrange]

The main reason I like the Pacific is due to the lack of built environment. So my vote goes to the Atlantic.

[UrbanCheetah]

Originally Posted by NativeOrange

The main reason I like the Pacific is due to the lack of built environment. So my vote goes to the Atlantic.

Yeah Atlantic is where built environment is at. NYC, Boston, DC, Savannah, Charleston, Miami. All pretty awesome diverse built environments and damn urban cities. Pacific is better for natural environment.

[Mattks]

I voted pacific, but I misunderstood the op. I would switch to Atlantic. San Francisco does have an amazingly built coastline and that stretches fairly far south. LA and San Diego are neat as well. But Miami holds up to both LA and San Diego as far as being built up on the ocean. Plus they have tons more populated areas all the way up to Portland, Maine. Portland, Maine probably beats anything on the coast in the PNW. The ocean in the PNW is too rough and cold to be built up too much. That's why Seattle is in the Sound and Portland, Or is up the river aways.

As far as natural beauty, the pacific coast probably takes the cake. But there are still really neat coastal towns around SF.

[NJ Brazen_3133]

The Atlantic coast is also a lot of barrier Islands, and lots of fjord like rivers that juts into the interior. That actually gives the Atlantic coast line a longer water line than the Pacific.