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What are the main difference in culture between the East and West coast (US)?

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Originally posted by: BlipBlop
Why the East is Better:
3. The best schools of the nation, the Ivy League, the Seven Sisters, Duke, Emory, Georgetown, all of them, are here. Thank god there's Stanford for you guys, or ALL your kids would be out here.
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What do you mean, they are!
 
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: BlipBlop
Why the East is Better:
3. The best schools of the nation, the Ivy League, the Seven Sisters, Duke, Emory, Georgetown, all of them, are here. Thank god there's Stanford for you guys, or ALL your kids would be out here.
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What do you mean, they are!
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i can agree with that for the most part 🙂
 
To whoever said Sunny West, Cloudy East. uuuhhhh, have you forgotten about Oregon and Washington?? the WHOLE NW, which is west coast also btw. No where out east is as cloudy and grey as OR, WA.

duhhh. Oh for that matter, a lot of Northern CA is VERY grey and cloudy also.
 
I live on the West Coast in California. I'll be moving to Virginia in a couple weeks. I just got back and it was my first time on the East Coast. I really liked it there. I didn't get to see that much because of the big snow storm, but it was really lovely. I guess I'll be able to give a more informed opinion a few months down the road, but I really liked what I saw. Plus, all the states are so close together. You can go for a weekend trip and see so many things. Don't get me wrong, I'm still a California girl at heart and probably always will be, but it was definitely beautiful over there.
 
Originally posted by: hzl_eyed_grl
I live on the West Coast in California. I'll be moving to Virginia in a couple weeks. I just got back and it was my first time on the East Coast. I really liked it there. I didn't get to see that much because of the big snow storm, but it was really lovely. I guess I'll be able to give a more informed opinion a few months down the road, but I really liked what I saw. Plus, all the states are so close together. You can go for a weekend trip and see so many things. Don't get me wrong, I'm still a California girl at heart and probably always will be, but it was definitely beautiful over there.
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you mean, it wasn't grey, drabby and cloudy the whole time you were here?
 
Originally posted by: LeeTJ
To whoever said Sunny West, Cloudy East. uuuhhhh, have you forgotten about Oregon and Washington?? the WHOLE NW, which is west coast also btw. No where out east is as cloudy and grey as OR, WA.

duhhh. Oh for that matter, a lot of Northern CA is VERY grey and cloudy also.
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No it isn't

 
Originally posted by: LeeTJ
Originally posted by: hzl_eyed_grl
I live on the West Coast in California. I'll be moving to Virginia in a couple weeks. I just got back and it was my first time on the East Coast. I really liked it there. I didn't get to see that much because of the big snow storm, but it was really lovely. I guess I'll be able to give a more informed opinion a few months down the road, but I really liked what I saw. Plus, all the states are so close together. You can go for a weekend trip and see so many things. Don't get me wrong, I'm still a California girl at heart and probably always will be, but it was definitely beautiful over there.
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you mean, it wasn't grey, drabby and cloudy the whole time you were here?
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See the highlighted text. 😉

It was sunny the last couple days I was there, but there was snow everywhere. That still doesn't change the fact that it was beautiful there. The architecture of the buildings/houses there is so much different from here. One thing I really noticed reminded me of my childhood. ( I was born in Colorado and lived in Oklahoma and Arkansas.) Most of the homes there have big front porches. I LOVE that. Homes here don't. I've always missed seeing homes with nice front porches. Our place has a front porch and HayZeus and I are going to get some chairs to put out there for the summer. 😀
 
Don't forget the part where we sit out there with shotguns sipping our Jack Daniels (or Jack and Coke in your case 😉) and yell at the little kids to get off our land! 😉 😛
 
I grw up in Montreal. I lived in NJ for almost 6 years and worked in NYC for a couple fo them. I've lived in Hermosa Beach (L.A.), Kansas City area, and SF East Bay.

I had a 100% travel job for 4 years and went all over the USA during it.

I prefer the East Coast over the West Coast, but both have their plusses and minuses.

The one huge difference I've noted is that East Coast cities tend to be more mixed in residences and office buildings so they never seem to go dead. L.A.'s downtown shuts off when the office workers go home. SF is more of an East Coast city in that there is a good mix and the city stays alive.

Michael
 
Originally posted by: isekii
Originally posted by: Ultima
Originally posted by: notfred
Also, the east coast does not seem to comprehend the concept of "left turn lane", they use those stupid circles
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East Coast has left turn lanes~

where are you ?
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and the east coast has left turn lanes...

something that seems to be a foriegn concept here in Los Angeles, so many big intersections u just sit in the middle of the road and once it turns red you turn left.

also whoever said the highways are better on the west coast has never lived in Los Angeles...i live 5 miles from UCLA and it can take my 45 min. to get there
 
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
I think California is probably one of the most wonderous places on the planet.They have such a diverse landscape and population,how could anybody not find something to love there?
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It's too expensive
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Well, in certain places. Yes, a 2,500 sq. ft. house can go for $700,000 in San Jose but those kind of housing prices are extremely rare. Don't tell me housing in the big cities are cheap.
 
Originally posted by: LeeTJ
To whoever said Sunny West, Cloudy East. uuuhhhh, have you forgotten about Oregon and Washington?? the WHOLE NW, which is west coast also btw. No where out east is as cloudy and grey as OR, WA.

duhhh. Oh for that matter, a lot of Northern CA is VERY grey and cloudy also.
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Umm, how long were you in NorCal to think that?
 
I've been in Syracuse, NY for 1 week now... my observation are that people here are more self reliant.

All the people I have personally met had 2-3 jobs. It's amazing they are so busy here. Everyone is bustling and running everywhere not laid back like Seattle.
 
Originally posted by: rockyct
Originally posted by: LeeTJ
To whoever said Sunny West, Cloudy East. uuuhhhh, have you forgotten about Oregon and Washington?? the WHOLE NW, which is west coast also btw. No where out east is as cloudy and grey as OR, WA.

duhhh. Oh for that matter, a lot of Northern CA is VERY grey and cloudy also.
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Umm, how long were you in NorCal to think that?
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never there for very long. drove thru it a lot when i lived in Portland OR.

also, this was typed in response to the statement that the east coast is always grey and drab.
 
not exactly most of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia (not east of the apalachians but on the east coast), west virginia are all bare. you can go for hours w/o seeing any real urban areas.
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I live in VA, and there is a lot of bare space here. For the most part, it's peaceful and beautiful, but getting to jobs and civilization can be a problem.

Communities tend to be close knit. Here, houses are named based not on who lives in them, but on who built them, and each house has a history. Several families in the area have been here since the town was built, and the town prides itself on its history.

 
So far every generalization about the east coast remains untrue for Florida....

Granted we have a rather large elderly population, but we also have an equally large population of families, children, and college age peeps. Personally I LOVE living in florida... We get the sun, great weather year round, TONS of beaches in all directions, HOT ASS GIRLS (shhh, dont tell my girlfriend i said that... even though shes one of them 😉), year passes to the theme parks at the price of one regular ticket, florida keys.... the list goes on and on...

I wanna try living somewhere else for a year or two, but I really dont see myself wanting to leave florida anytime soon...

(BTW, i grew up in Jersey and dont plan on moving back)
 
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