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How is the pacific coast built up? I've never been to the east coast so I'm not voting but the pacific coast isn't what comes to mind when you say built up. The whole Pacific Northwest has no major city on the coast. Seattle is on an inlet about 1 1/2 from ocean and Portland is on a river inland. There's just small towns the whole way threw Canada till San fransisco. Then it's more built up not very much, all the way till the LA area. Then from the start of the LA area down till Mexico is completely built up.
I say Pacific, especially from San Francisco southward
San Francisco aside, without the natural scenery of the coastal cliffs and mountains, the Pacific coast would be pretty generic. OP specifically said "built" environment, and the Atlantic side certainly has more attractive cities and skylines. The Atlantic side is not nearly as naturally scenic, so the built environment is what makes it great.
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San Francisco aside, without the natural scenery of the coastal cliffs and mountains, the Pacific coast would be pretty generic. OP specifically said "built" environment, and the Atlantic side certainly has more attractive cities and skylines. The Atlantic side is not nearly as naturally scenic, so the built environment is what makes it great.
Definitely Atlantic.
I know he said built environment, and the two coasts are basically in reverse, Atlantic is built mainly in it's northern half, while Pacific is mainly built in it's southern half.
I know he said built environment, and the two coasts are basically in reverse, Atlantic is built mainly in it's northern half, while Pacific is mainly built in it's southern half.
The Atlantic is more built up period, north or south. South Atlantic is a lot more built up along the coast than either side of Pacific. The geography of the Pacific makes for a lot of limitations when it comes to building things. It's hard to build stuff with rock formations such as cliffs or bluffs on the way.
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The Atlantic is more built up period, north or south. South Atlantic is a lot more built up along the coast than either side of Pacific. The geography of the Pacific makes for a lot of limitations when it comes to building things. It's hard to build stuff with rock formations such as cliffs or bluffs on the way.
What are you talking about, between DC and Miami there is a big black hole, where all you have in between that matters at all is Norfolk, Wilmington, Myrtle, Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, maybe Melbourne (only because of NASA). Where from the Bay Area southward, you have the Bay Area (5th biggest metro in US), Santa Cruz, Monterrey/Watsonville, San Luis Obispo, Lompoc, Santa Barbara, and of course urbanized SoCal (Ventura all the way to Imperial Beach) (5 county greater LA area 2nd biggest, only a couple million behind greater NYC) which spills over the border to Tijuana and Rosarito and even Ensenada
What are you talking about, between DC and Miami there is a big black hole, where all you have in between that matters at all is Norfolk, Wilmington, Myrtle, Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, maybe Melbourne (only because of NASA). Where from the Bay Area southward, you have the Bay Area (5th biggest metro in US), Santa Cruz, Monterrey/Watsonville, San Luis Obispo, Lompoc, Santa Barbara, and of course urbanized SoCal (Ventura all the way to Imperial Beach) (5 county greater LA area 2nd biggest, only a couple million behind greater NYC) which spills over the border to Tijuana and Rosarito and even Ensenada
A) I don't know why you are so focused on metros, which are mostly inland, when this is clearly asking about just development along the coast.
B) Lol at acting as if those bolded places are super relevant after that "big black hole" comment.
C) Mexico? . Yeah, why not go all the way down to Chile too while you are at it.
Atlantic Ocean...cities like Savannah, Charleston, Boston, Alexandria, and of course parts of NYC, Philly, and D.C. are gorgeous...they destroy the built environments of Seattle, Portland, and LA. Now SF can go toe to toe with them, but that's it.
Agreed. The west coast has more dramatic landscapes, but the built environment looks silly. But sf is the exception
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. Yeah, why not go all the way down to Chile too while you are at it.
