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View Poll Results: Preference for?
California 47 42.34%
the Mid-Atlantic Region 64 57.66%
Voters: 111. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 11-30-2016, 11:06 PM
 
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- Location: Mid Atlantic
- Climate: Mid-Atlantic (yeah, I'm weird, I like all 4 seasons and really want some snow right now)
- Topography: California
- Economy: California
- Costs and expenses: Mid Atlantic
- Public education (K-12) and higher education (colleges and universities): Mid Atlantic
- Infrastructure (roads, sidewalks, drainage systems, levee systems, whatever): Mid Atlantic
- Airport (international and domestic): Mid Atlantic
- Urban offerings: Mid Atlantic
- Architectural style: Mid Atlantic
- Public Transport (buses, inner city rail, commuter rail, tramways): Mid Atlantic
- Amenities: Mid Atlantic
- Diversity: Tie
- Culinary scene: Mid Atlantic
- Music scene: California, but not like the Mid-Atlantic is some forgotten wasteland in the music scene. Just not California.
- Political scene (type of politics and mindset): Mid Atlantic
- Neighborhoods (historic, ethnic, affluent, middle-class, so on): Mid Atlantic
- Suburbs: Mid-Atlantic
- Entertainment (sports themes, major conventions, themeparks, waterparks, so on): California
- Nightlife scene: Mid Atlantic
- Image as a place: California
- Safety: California
- History: Mid Atlantic
- Level of Customer Service: Mid-Atlantic (also weird because I like the abruptness and haste over the laid-back California)
- User friendliness (the city is easy to get around, easy to understand, things come easy here): California
- Cultural institutions and performing arts: Mid Atlantic
- City parks, public spaces, and greenbelts: Mid-Atlantic
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Old 12-01-2016, 03:02 PM
 
Location: Center City
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Since I live in Maryland and have family throughout the state, I've spent plenty of time throughout the state, been to Philadelphia several times, and I've been to NYC a few times. What is your point asking that?
Because I was curious how much knowledge you have of the Mid-Atlantic as a recent transfer from Cali. The Mid-Atlantic includes far more than suburban DC, Philly and NYC. It also includes the Pocono, Allegheny, and Catoctin mountain ranges, the Delmarva Peninsula, the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, the Hudson River Valley, the Brandywine River Valley, the Jersey Shore and the Hamptons, Lake Champlain, the Finger Lakes, Niagara Falls, the Pennsylvania Amish country along with many other signature areas. When you consider that it is also home of the nation's capital, the nation's largest city and Philadelphia, the nation's birthplace, the Mid-Atlantic is a pretty remarkable corner of the country.

I am not picking on you, as I can see you put your some thought into your assessment. I am simply trying to point out to others that the Mid-Atlantic extends well beyond the cities located on the I95 corridor.
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Old 12-02-2016, 12:54 AM
 
Location: That star on your map in the middle of the East Coast, DMV
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because i was curious how much knowledge you have of the mid-atlantic as a recent transfer from cali. The mid-atlantic includes far more than suburban dc, philly and nyc. It also includes the pocono, allegheny, and catoctin mountain ranges, the delmarva peninsula, the chesapeake and delaware bays, the hudson river valley, the brandywine river valley, the jersey shore and the hamptons, lake champlain, the finger lakes, niagara falls, the pennsylvania amish country along with many other signature areas. When you consider that it is also home of the nation's capital, the nation's largest city and philadelphia, the nation's birthplace, the mid-atlantic is a pretty remarkable corner of the country.

I am not picking on you, as i can see you put your some thought into your assessment. I am simply trying to point out to others that the mid-atlantic extends well beyond the cities located on the i95 corridor.
+ 1!!!
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Old 12-02-2016, 10:01 AM
 
Location: DMV Area
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Because I was curious how much knowledge you have of the Mid-Atlantic as a recent transfer from Cali. The Mid-Atlantic includes far more than suburban DC, Philly and NYC. It also includes the Pocono, Allegheny, and Catoctin mountain ranges, the Delmarva Peninsula, the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, the Hudson River Valley, the Brandywine River Valley, the Jersey Shore and the Hamptons, Lake Champlain, the Finger Lakes, Niagara Falls, the Pennsylvania Amish country along with many other signature areas. When you consider that it is also home of the nation's capital, the nation's largest city and Philadelphia, the nation's birthplace, the Mid-Atlantic is a pretty remarkable corner of the country.

I am not picking on you, as I can see you put your some thought into your assessment. I am simply trying to point out to others that the Mid-Atlantic extends well beyond the cities located on the I95 corridor.
I knew that already. That would be as ridiculous as judging all of California solely by Los Angeles and the Bay Area. Keep in mind I have a lot of relatives throughout the Mid-Atlantic and had knowledge of the region plus many of the places you mentioned due to me visiting here quite a bit long before I moved here. But thanks for the geography lesson, I guess...
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Old 12-02-2016, 04:44 PM
 
Location: Center City
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I have a lot of relatives throughout the Mid-Atlantic and had knowledge of the region plus many of the places you mentioned due to me visiting here quite a bit long before I moved here. But thanks for the geography lesson, I guess...
You're welcomed. Though I must say I'm now confused. When I asked you about your personal familiarity with the Mid-Atlantic a page earlier, you gave this reply:
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I live in Maryland and have family throughout the state, I've spent plenty of time throughout the state, been to Philadelphia several times, and I've been to NYC a few times.
^^^Is this the correct answer or not?
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Old 12-02-2016, 04:54 PM
 
Location: Houston/Austin, TX
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- Location: Mid Atlantic
- Climate: California
- Topography: California
- Economy: California
- Costs and expenses: Mid Atlantic
- Public education (K-12) and higher education (colleges and universities): Mid Atlantic
- Infrastructure (roads, sidewalks, drainage systems, levee systems, whatever): Mid Atlantic
- Airport (international and domestic): Mid Atlantic
- Urban offerings: Mid Atlantic
- Architectural style: Mid Atlantic
- Public Transport (buses, inner city rail, commuter rail, tramways): Mid Atlantic
- Amenities: Mid Atlantic
- Diversity: Mid Atlantic
- Culinary scene: Mid Atlantic
- Music scene: All-Time (Mid Atlantic), Right Now (California)
- Political scene (type of politics and mindset): Mid Atlantic (Personal Reasons)
- Neighborhoods (historic, ethnic, affluent, middle-class, so on): Mid Atlantic
- Suburbs: Calfornia
- Entertainment (sports themes, major conventions, themeparks, waterparks, so on): California
- Nightlife scene: Mid Atlantic
- Image as a place: California
- Safety: California
- History: Mid Atlantic
- Level of Customer Service: California
- User friendliness (the city is easy to get around, easy to understand, things come easy here): California
- Cultural institutions and performing arts: Mid Atlantic
- City parks, public spaces, and greenbelts: California

Would rather live in the Mid Atlantic, and leave California as an option to often visit. Main drawbacks about the Mid Atlantic though is the weather, hate for it to drop anywhere below 40/30.
Economy you'd choose California? Really?
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Old 12-03-2016, 03:01 PM
 
Location: DMV Area
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You're welcomed. Though I must say I'm now confused. When I asked you about your personal familiarity with the Mid-Atlantic a page earlier, you gave this reply:

^^^Is this the correct answer or not?
Both are correct. I currently live in the region, but I also visited here a lot (due to the fact I have relatives and family throughout the mid-Atlantic and would sightsee) long before I moved here and continue to sightsee in various parts of the region. If that "confuses" you, I really don't know what to tell you. Are you nitpicking like this because I mentioned a few cities earlier (I was in a hurry when I wrote that) rather than the region as a whole in general?

Is that clear enough for you or are you planning to nitpick my answers and ask more irrelevant and condescending questions in some sort of attempt to prove a point and undermine the opinions I wrote earlier?

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Old 12-03-2016, 10:37 PM
 
Location: where the good looking people are
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There is no point in existing if you don't live in CA.

LOL at lumping NYC with the mid Atlantic, when it is decidedly north eastern.

Mid Atlantic is Maryland, Penn, and such.
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Old 12-03-2016, 10:55 PM
 
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There is no point in existing if you don't live in CA.

LOL at lumping NYC with the mid Atlantic, when it is decidedly north eastern.

Mid Atlantic is Maryland, Penn, and such.
It's exactly that attitude that makes me not want to move back to CA. Believe it or not, there are people who actually don't want to live in CA. Fully evidenced by CA losing this poll.

You're completely wrong. NYC is Mid Atlantic. North of NYC becomes New England. Nobody would say NYC is New England.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_states
Regions of the United States - Studying in US - a Guide about Studying Abroad in US
Mid-Atlantic states - definition of Mid-Atlantic states by The Free Dictionary
The Middle Atlantic
https://www.learner.org/interactives...ap/fifty5.html
Mid-Atlantic travel guide - Wikitravel
Mid-atlantic states | Define Mid-atlantic states at Dictionary.com
Mid-Atlantic States: animated activities and games

Did I provide enough sources or do you want more?
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Old 12-04-2016, 12:29 AM
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Location: Miami
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There is no point in existing if you don't live in CA.

LOL at lumping NYC with the mid Atlantic, when it is decidedly north eastern.

Mid Atlantic is Maryland, Penn, and such.
You can be Mid-Atlantic and still be Northeastern.

Besides, NYC has more in comparison with the Mid-Atlantic than New England, trust me, it's noticeable.
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