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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.
None of those other cities appeal to me. San Francisco? Okay I'll give it that, San Diego is just a smaller version of Los Angeles.
We simply have far more here on this side of the country. Much more diversity, beautiful and scenic New England, charming and attractive deep south, world class and historic cities like NYC, Boston, Miami, DC, New Orleans, Nashville, St. Augustine, Gettysburg, Charleston.... We also get far more tourists too. When people think of America, the only place on the West Coast that comes to people's minds is Hollywood,and maybe San Francisco. Everything else is on the East Coast. Not to mention we have superior weather too. And flying on the East Coast is faster than the West Coast. Flying from Florida to New York only takes a couple hours.
The West Coast is very beautiful, but it has nothing on the East Coast.
None of those other cities appeal to me. San Francisco? Okay I'll give it that, San Diego is just a smaller version of Los Angeles.
We simply have far more here on this side of the country. Much more diversity, beautiful and scenic New England, charming and attractive deep south, world class and historic cities like NYC, Boston, Miami, DC, New Orleans, Nashville, St. Augustine, Gettysburg, Charleston.... We also get far more tourists too. When people think of America, the only place on the West Coast that comes to people's minds is Hollywood,and maybe San Francisco. Everything else is on the East Coast. Not to mention we have superior weather too.
The West Coast is very beautiful, but it has nothing on the East Coast.
Regardless of what cities "appeal" to you that doesn't mean they don't count and there isn't anything going on.
Smaller version of LA? Okay then I guess Philly is just a smaller version of NYC. See how dumb that sounds?
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And flying on the East Coast is faster than the West Coast. Flying from Florida to New York only takes a couple hours.
I didn't realize planes flew through the air faster on the east coast. That's really cool.
New Orleans is east coast now? LOL.
Where exactly have you been on the West Coast btw?
East Coast is older thus more tendency for provincialism, which can be annoying. Very few places willing to embrace the progressiveness like the West does.
The American West historically was a place where all the outcasts went. Northeast cities were very much about power, status and wealth (things dont change much do they?) and the West was where the "crazies" or religious outcasts went. It was the frontier. If you didnt fit in the Northeast, you probably went out West. More liberal, open-minded, live and let live, which is surely still the same. It was one massive Las Vegas back in the day out West, in a lot of cities.
Gold Rush helped.
Right, the West is so liberal and open-minded that most of the states with legalized gay marriage are on the East coast...The Northeast at least is just as liberal as the West coast.
Right, the West is so liberal and open-minded that most of the states with legalized gay marriage are on the East coast...The Northeast at least is just as liberal as the West coast.
Right, one part of the East Coast is as liberal as the entire West Coast.
Thank you.
Now if only the rest of the East can join in not only gay-marriage but marijuana, guns rights, carbon, minimum wage, etc.
None of those other cities appeal to me. San Francisco? Okay I'll give it that, San Diego is just a smaller version of Los Angeles.
We simply have far more here on this side of the country. Much more diversity, beautiful and scenic New England, charming and attractive deep south, world class and historic cities like NYC, Boston, Miami, DC, New Orleans, Nashville, St. Augustine, Gettysburg, Charleston.... We also get far more tourists too. When people think of America, the only place on the West Coast that comes to people's minds is Hollywood,and maybe San Francisco. Everything else is on the East Coast. Not to mention we have superior weather too. And flying on the East Coast is faster than the West Coast. Flying from Florida to New York only takes a couple hours.
The West Coast is very beautiful, but it has nothing on the East Coast.
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.
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.
Haha, that was pretty apparent after the first few posts in this thread.
Regardless of what cities "appeal" to you that doesn't mean they don't count and there isn't anything going on.
Smaller version of LA? Okay then I guess Philly is just a smaller version of NYC. See how dumb that sounds?
I didn't realize planes flew through the air faster on the east coast. That's really cool.
New Orleans is east coast now? LOL.
Where exactly have you been on the West Coast btw?
Technically this is possible as jet streams often go over more population zones of the East Coast.
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