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View Poll Results: Which do you consider to be 3rd Coast?
Texas to Florida's West Coast 144 64.00%
Chicago & the Great Lakes Region 81 36.00%
Voters: 225. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 06-14-2010, 06:24 AM
 
Location: West Michigan
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Originally Posted by NowInWI View Post
Why aren't more people participating in this? I think it's interesting, as it's so hard to tell. Is that the problem - people don't want to admit they can't tell from these pictures what is what? Come on, give it a try!
It's because most people can't tell what is "just a lake" when presented with photos. Leaving in a few minutes, I'll post the answers tomorrow evening and let more people take a chance.
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Old 06-14-2010, 06:39 AM
 
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I only answered the ones I had any indication on:
#1 - Pacific
#5 - Atlantic
#6 - Great Lakes
#7 - Great Lakes
#8 - Pacific
#10 - Atlantic
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Old 06-14-2010, 08:30 AM
 
Location: Lower East Side, Milwaukee, WI
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No, most people don't consider a group of lakes, a coast..

Coast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

lakes have shores.
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coast - definition of coast by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
coast [kəʊst]
n
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography)
a. the line or zone where the land meets the sea or some other large expanse of water
b.
(in combination) coastland Related adj littoral
2. Brit the seaside
3. (Individual Sports, other than specified) US
a. a slope down which a sledge may slide
b.
the act or an instance of sliding down a slope
4. Obsolete borderland or frontier
the coast is clear
Informal the obstacles or dangers are gone
vb
1. to move or cause to move by momentum or force of gravity
2.
(intr) to proceed without great effort to coast to victory
3.
(Transport / Nautical Terms) to sail along (a coast)[from Old French coste coast, slope, from Latin costa side, rib]
coastal
adj
coastally
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Old 06-14-2010, 08:30 AM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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You should have "none of the above" or "other" as a choice in any poll so you can see how many people are truly interested in the subject of the poll.
Why would I put that as an option when obviously one or the other is considered the "3rd Coast" & over 60% of voters chose the Gulf Coast over the Great Lakes.

Its distinguished so distinctly even Forest Gump could understand it.

Gulf Coast

Great Lakes
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Old 06-14-2010, 08:35 AM
 
Location: Lower East Side, Milwaukee, WI
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Salt water fish tastes MUCH better than fresh water does IMO. BTW you never told me how were the shrimp, oysters, & crabs you guys have up there in the Great Lakes.

Calamari anyone?
LOL. BelieveinCleve just made you look like a fool and now all you can do is change the subject.
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Old 06-14-2010, 09:01 AM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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LOL. BelieveinCleve just made you look like a fool and now all you can do is change the subject.
Read a little deeper into the article & you'll see he's the fool. I've highlighted what he failed to address and/or attempted to hide from what was actually written.

Hell, Gulf Oysters alone account for over 70% of all oysters eaten in the US.



Originally Posted by BelieveInCleve
I could be completely off here, but from a simple google search:
Great Lakes fishing industry - 7 Billion+ (Sport fishing & Commercial combined)
Gulf Coast fishing industry - 2.3 Billion (Commercial fishing only)

Gulf economy worth over $230 billion - May. 30, 2010
"But commercial fishing and shipping together account for only 1% of the Gulf's total economic activity." (of 230 Billion).

Asian carp and the Great Lakes fishery: How much is at risk? | Great Lakes Echo
"So the economic impact of the entire Great Lakes fishery is worth at least $7 billion"












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Old 06-14-2010, 09:28 AM
 
Location: Lower East Side, Milwaukee, WI
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Last time I checked BP was a British company, not American & the Gulf of Mexico isn't solely owned by anyone just to clarify things a bit. Jurisdictions only go so far out into the Gulf, one reason Obama is all talk no action. The fact is he can't do jack **** about it so he talks tough because of pressure from the media. Oh yeah, he's really gonna whip them oil companies assses. Please...
BP still employs thousands of Gulf Coast residents.

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Drilling ban could cancel out private employment gains from May | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment
Industry trade group the American Petroleum Institute (API), which is strongly opposed to the moratorium, estimates that 46,200 people are directly and indirectly employed by offshore drilling in the Gulf Coast, Sara Banaszak, an API economist said.
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Old 06-14-2010, 09:32 AM
 
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3rd coast?Lol is this thread for real
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Old 06-14-2010, 09:40 AM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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BP still employs thousands of Gulf Coast residents.
If it weren't for the Gulf & its oil companies you'd be paying about $5.00 a gallon maybe more for gas right now. They don't call it black gold for nothing.
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Old 06-14-2010, 10:00 AM
 
Location: Lower East Side, Milwaukee, WI
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If it weren't for the Gulf & its oil companies you'd be paying about $5.00 a gallon maybe more for gas right now. They don't call it black gold for nothing.
$5/gallon would still be cheaper than the $6/gallon they pay for "petrol" over in England. As for oil being "black gold," a quart of milk is more expensive than a quart of oil in the U.S.
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