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I disagree about the individual aspect on the east coast that the OP stated. People do not split ties with family and friends and just takeoff, at least not here in the South anyway. People down here are very tied to family, Southern Culture I guess.
I think the East Coast has more diversity, much more different cultures are here, and different political persuasions as well. even also have more black people too. It also has more history. The West Coast seems to be better "connected " I'd say, at least with technology anyway. They also seem a bit more laid back, down side is that I find many of them to be less outgoing (not a bad thing necessarily) but just in general less friendly. Definitely more materialistic too.
Not much on the West Coast besides LA (Eww... imo). Sure I guess you have Seattle, but other than that not a lot happens.
Up North (or at least where I live) we seem to be more individualistic. I would actually count that as a "North vs. South" trait.
East Coast
fast paced.
get used to the weather through the seasons.
not as friendly.
everyone wants to be wealthy.
j-walking (haha)
West Coast:
slower pace.
better weather.
flip flops
friendlier.
everyone wants to be famous.
j-walking yields high tickets
Both care about how they look. East Coast tends to be more husky and muscular. West coast has those beach bodies, lean and muscular. At least that's how I "stereotype" both coasts.
The diversity of the culture of people between Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego is probably more noticeable than that in the NE.
For instance, ^^^what you just described applies as a stereotype only for parts of SoCal. But it's not necessarily a true stereotype across the SoCal board. San Francisco is going to have a pace every bit as fast as anything not New York in the NE, and jay-walking is understood. No flip flops, better weather not necessarily the case, certainly not friendlier, and "being famous" is not a thing like it is in LA. Seattle and Portland, while different from each other, are also vastly different from both SoCal and NorCal.
The difference between Seattle and San Diego people (and points in between) is wayyyy more pronounced than the difference between Boston people and DC people and points in between. It's almost like the difference between people in Savannah down in the SE Coast and people in Providence. Just a vast vast vast array of stark differences. Really, the "whole" East Coast should be compared to the "whole" West Coast, and then you'll find that you can't really make the comparison.
I don't know how the culture of a whole city let alone a whole coast can be generalized. I live in LA but I wasn't born on the west coast. And of the friends I've made here, I'd say maybe 25% of them are from actually here. Everyone else is from the east coast, Chicago, Latin America, Asia, Australia, the UK, etc. People move and mix, and bring their culture and attitudes from wherever they came from. Its the 21st century. No city is truly provincial anymore. We're all globalized.
The diversity of the culture of people between Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego is probably more noticeable than that in the NE.
For instance, ^^^what you just described applies as a stereotype only for parts of SoCal. But it's not necessarily a true stereotype across the SoCal board. San Francisco is going to have a pace every bit as fast as anything not New York in the NE, and jay-walking is understood. No flip flops, better weather not necessarily the case, certainly not friendlier, and "being famous" is not a thing like it is in LA. Seattle and Portland, while different from each other, are also vastly different from both SoCal and NorCal.
The difference between Seattle and San Diego people (and points in between) is wayyyy more pronounced than the difference between Boston people and DC people and points in between. It's almost like the difference between people in Savannah down in the SE Coast and people in Providence. Just a vast vast vast array of stark differences. Really, the "whole" East Coast should be compared to the "whole" West Coast, and then you'll find that you can't really make the comparison.
agree on the NE though if you look across the whole east coast there are also more differences
distance wise Seattle to SD is the same as Boston to Miami
even SD to SF is further than DC to Boston distance wise I believe
stereotypes work at times but many of those seemed more like SOCAL to me
I love the cultural and racial aspects of the West especially L.A.
Caliboy if race is a "social construct"and if it doesn't exist then how can you love a racial aspect of LA? Isn't there absolutely no noticeable difference between Serena Williams and Anna Kournikova? lol
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I'm from the east coast and I've lived out west. I just want to say the west coast is easily more individualistic than the east but a lot of people on the west coast took it to the extreme and it started pissing me off after a while. There is a much stronger sense of community and family throughout the entire east coast and that includes NY and New England.
Boston, New York and Philadelphia may be the most provincial of any major US cities. Miami as well for Latinos, and Chicago too. Atlanta, Detroit for AAs.
Seems that people in the Northeast are way, way, way, too much into their families and pack mentality. That also includes ethnicity as well. But also as someone else said, the east coast is cultivated with "yes" men and social climbers. LA has that too (minimally) but it's mainly for people in the entertainment industry. In LA you could walk into a bar and strike up a conversation with an everyday joe and have a beer together. In the northeast there has to be a connection involved -- it's harder. People are more shielded.
I've never been to a bar out west so I can't comment on there, but with the bars in my local area, I can agree that there's very little mingling with people outside of those you went in with.
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