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East Coast cities are faster than west coast cities outside of San Fran because San Fran is a very old city too. A smaller and less vibrant Manhattan. Also Los Angeles is busier than anything out east except for NYC, PHI, BOS, DC, BMORE... No way is atl as bustling as Los Angeles
It's just a different vibe on the West Coast. More laid back. I worked in a high energy, very corporate feel industry in a Boston suburb, and have a friend with the same company in Northern California.
One Friday afternoon I called her @ 4pm my time because I needed a break before I put in another 3-4 hours of work before I left for the day.
When I called her she couldn't talk because her entire office was making and drinking Strawberry Daiquiris!
It's just a different vibe on the West Coast. More laid back. I worked in a high energy, very corporate feel industry in a Boston suburb, and have a friend with the same company in Northern California.
One Friday afternoon I called her @ 4pm my time because I needed a break before I put in another 3-4 hours of work before I left for the day.
When I called her she couldn't talk because her entire office was making and drinking Strawberry Daiquiris!
Not sure if it's more laid back (on the surface it seems that way, but once you peel back the onion - which you have to do on the West Coast because of the general lack of directness, it's not laid back at all). When I lived in SF, it had a weird passive aggressive, low vibrational energy to the place. Now Pacifica - that's laid back.
I think one factor these west coast people miss, if fir every person in Seattle that works early to align with the East there is someone in Boston that works early to align with Europe.
Good point. I'll add the Middle East and Asia. I remember that my husband occasionally had 4AM conference calls.
I think the weather probably has alot to do with it. Warm weather cities, especially those with a beach, they seem alot more laid back, less hurried, and generally more casual than the East Coast cities, minus the Florida beach towns. Another reason I just now happened to think of, I would venture to guess the people living in warm weather West Coast cities have a younger average age and younger people generally have a less "sense of urgency" about them than the older people - please take note, I mean that as "older", definitely not "old" or "elderly". "Older" than most, is how I would define it.
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