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I think being on the coast matters to basically anyone so it's not an American thing
fact is America has very little coastal lines compared to its area so if you wanna lived by the sea you gotta flock on the same spots that will be easily overpopulated/overpriced while for instance we in Europe can live almost everywhere still being by the sea.
Canada cannot have a coastal/interior thing because its eastern coast is too cold and the western one are covered with mountains, glaciers, rocks unsuitable for urbanization, save that tiny spot in Vancouver.
There are plenty of examples that illustrate the fact that being on a coast doesn't mean much. Not all cities take advantage of being on a coast, while some inland river cities surpass them as water ports.
Mexico City, Toronto, Berlin, Munich, Paris, Moscow...these are some of the true Alphas of the world...not on a coast.
All of the Florida cities combined don't equal the port business of Long Beach. It's not just having the coast, it what you do with it. So yes, the term "coastal" implying some kind of status I do believe is an American misnomer.
I consider "coastal" to be as much or more a statement regarding liberal values than an actual coastal location. Jacksonville, FL is a fairly conservative city on the coast. No one thinks of it as "coastal," but Portland, OR would probably come to mind.
*When I categorized a city as Coastal/Inland, it was for cities that were near the coast but the majority of the development was more inland with the coast being very underutilized.
*When I categorized a city as Coastal/Inland, it was for cities that were near the coast but the majority of the development was more inland with the coast being very underutilized.
What we consider costal is pretty subjective. Most cites that we sat it's East Coast isn't even on the coas i.e Philadelphia, Baltimore and DC while on the West coast it's Seattle, Portland and Vegas. When I generally think of the East Coast I think of any state East of Ohio (since Ohio is considered the gateway to the Midwest) while the West Coast I think of any state that borders the Pacific.
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