West coast vs. East coast (best, state, better, compare)

[cat1116]

Originally Posted by Rhymes with Best Coast

So you've never actually been out to the West coast.

splitting hairs:
West Coast: Definition from Answers.com
The "West Coast", "Western Seaboard", or "Pacific Coastline" are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the United States. It most often comprises California, Oregon and Washington. Arizona and Nevada, while not coastal states, are often included[citation needed] due to their proximity to the Pacific Coast and their economic and cultural ties to California (such as Arizona's two largest universities which are members of the Pacific-10 Conference).
Although not part of the contiguous United States, Alaska and Hawaii do border the Pacific Ocean and could be included in the "West Coast".

[grapico]

Originally Posted by cat1116

splitting hairs:
West Coast: Definition from Answers.com
The "West Coast", "Western Seaboard", or "Pacific Coastline" are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the United States. It most often comprises California, Oregon and Washington. Arizona and Nevada, while not coastal states, are often included[citation needed] due to their proximity to the Pacific Coast and their economic and cultural ties to California (such as Arizona's two largest universities which are members of the Pacific-10 Conference).
Although not part of the contiguous United States, Alaska and Hawaii do border the Pacific Ocean and could be included in the "West Coast".

well he does have a point, you haven't... yeah you might have some california culture in vegas, but how could you pinpoint it if you have never been to california...
Here is an example, do you consider Chicago east coast? I don't think anybody with novice knowledge of the United States would...
Yet DePaul in smack middle of Chicago is the Big East, so is Marquette ..in WISCONSIN, and Notre Dame, in INDIANA

but then they are matched with UConn, Syracuse, Rutgers...

Arizona imho shares perty much no resemblence to what I consider the west coast...it is desert south west, nothing else.
Las Vegas and Phoenix have cali transplants and visitors, nothing else.

[krock1dk]

I lived in both and like neither. I got smart and returned to the center of the country in the Midwest where people are more "real", the pace of life is slower but high quality, great place to raise the family, Chicago is an awsome city, and am not bothered by the lack of mountains or hills.

[LAIsTheBestAcceptIt]

Originally Posted by krock1dk

I lived in both and like neither. I got smart and returned to the center of the country in the Midwest where people are more "real", the pace of life is slower but high quality, great place to raise the family, Chicago is an awsome city, and am not bothered by the lack of mountains or hills.

yea Chic is ok ...

the slower pace would be hard to get used to..and not having the ocean..and all the snow and then humidity in summer...too hard to adjust

[Cliff Clavin]

The right coast for me.

[cpterp]

West Coast better than than the EC???? hahaha...What does "Out West" have that "Back East" doesn't besides tsunamis, out of control fires, earthquakes, smog, active volcanoes, and Death Valley? you can drive straight for an entire day and never leave the "state" of California. Real states only take 1-3 hours to drive through. The way I see it:

NYC>LA; DC>San Fran.; Boston>Seattle
AFC East>AFC West; NFC East>NFC West; Terps>Golden Bears(for every sport); ACC/BigEast>PAC10
EST>PST
Appalachia>Cascades
BosWash>Sacramento/San Diego
Atlantic>Pacific
Ivy League>uhh...Stanford



The preceding are all proven facts.

[OyCrumbler]

Originally Posted by cpterp

West Coast better than than the EC???? hahaha...What does "Out West" have that "Back East" doesn't besides tsunamis, out of control fires, earthquakes, smog, active volcanoes, and Death Valley? The way I see it:

NYC>LA; DC>San Fran.; Boston>Seattle
AFC East>AFC West; NFC East>NFC West; Terps>Golden Bears(for every sport); ACC/BigEast>PAC10
EST>PST
Appalachia>Cascades
BosWash>Sacramento/San Diego
Atlantic>Pacific
Ivy League>uhh...Stanford



The preceding are all proven facts.

Looks like someone needs a visit from Dr. Hugglesworth. C'mere!

[stillfresh]

Originally Posted by cpterp

you can drive straight for an entire day and never leave the "state" of California. Real states only take 1-3 hours to drive through. The

lol@ all the puny states on the east coast... rhode island... delaware.. new jersey.. "new hampshire"
california >

[sav858]

Originally Posted by cpterp

What does "Out West" have that "Back East" doesn't .

less arrogant, obnoxious, and aggressive east coast type people.

[the resident09]

East by far!

East Coast great place to live/be from West great place to visit. Taking 9 hours to drive through one state is actually kind of boring/country to me. The West Coast only has 3 states to begin with, those small eastern states aren't puny and were divided into the colonies that there are for a reason. The Bos-Wash corridor alone crushes the entire west, based on history and importance by itself. Then lets not discount that the coast goes all the way to Florida the gateway to Latin America. Location is the primary reason the East is better, Miami is 90 miles from Cuba, you can fly from NY to London in less than 6 hours arguably the 2 most important cities in the world. The nation's capitol is a 30 min flight and short train ride from NYC with multiple MAJOR cities in between. I could go on and on...Dont give me the West having taller mountains closer by as the reason to why its a better coast either, most people i know could care less about rock climbing lol.