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I would say in most Midwestern cities that are West of the Great Lake territories. I think these areas are a mixture of West Coast and East Coast culture. You also start to see the name "West" applied to the region. For example Kansas City is often referred to as the "West" in sports. You also start to see a lot of cowboy culture become more noticeable in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, North/South Dakota, which I consider to be a historical characteristic of West Coast culture. I think these states are the last real evidence of East Coast culture before you consider yourself emerged in Western USA culture picking up.
The architecture on the East Coast is ancient, small and extremely crowded in comparison to the West Coast. Triple-deckers (Boston), brownstones and tenements ( NYC) , and rowhouses (Philly, Baltimore and Wash DC) all contributed to a very congested atmosphere, while LA ( and California in general) is the shining example of the growth of the split -level suburb, with plenty of room for everyone..
If I was trying to slick like you, another way I could put that is LA and the west coast has space full of boring suburbs with lack of activities.
You could have just said LA and the west coast is more suburban instead of this sly attempt at a dig.
The architecture on the East Coast is ancient, small and extremely crowded in comparison to the West Coast. Triple-deckers (Boston), brownstones and tenements ( NYC) , and rowhouses (Philly, Baltimore and Wash DC) all contributed to a very congested atmosphere, while LA ( and California in general) is the shining example of the growth of the split -level suburb, with plenty of room for everyone.
Spoken like someone who knows a lot about the East Coast and almost nothing about the West Coast.
One big difference I notice - people on the West Coast don't try to pretend like they are experts on the East Coast, while you get people from the East spouting off all kinds of nonsense about the West as if it was factual. The East Coast (the Northeast in particular) also has a very off-putting superiority complex.
Oh stop. First of all, and I really don't want to start fights here, a lot of people from CA boast about the 'great weather' and 'natural scenery' about as much as some of those on the East Coast boast about having NYC, more American history, and anything else you think we feel superior for.
Let's call a spade a spade. This thread is bound to get nasty, but we need to acknowledge this kind of stuff happens both ways, towards both coasts from both coasts. It's childish to pretend otherwise. It's actually childish in general to resort to these arguments but whatever.
As an Australian who's been from LA to Boston through 16 states, the East coast feels the most different. The history, the urbanity, the whole ethos, the very direct, in-your-face but real manner of the people. I loved both the East and the West, but I much prefer the cities in the East like NYC, Boston, to LA, Vegas.etc.
I'd say the West is more 'individualistic' while the East seems more traditional and family-orientated, maybe the strongly Irish-Italian-Jewish presence in the Northeast.
I'd say the West is more 'individualistic' while the East seems more traditional and family-orientated, maybe the strongly Irish-Italian-Jewish presence in the Northeast.
But you could say the same thing about Mexicans on the West Coast who are even more family-oriented, imo. And Hispanics, at close to 40% of California's population, make up a larger proportion of the population than Irish, Italians and Jews do here.
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