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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 09:30 AM
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East Coast people - what is your opinion of West Coast people?
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TommyO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 09:32 AM
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1. Love em, literally!
Some of my best friends are from San Diego and Los Angeles, and that includes a long-distance relationship which was very strong for a number of years.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 09:33 AM
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2. Not an east or west coaster
I like both

I don't like the notion that I live in a "flyover state"

or the stereotypes of the state i live in largely due to Lil Abner I imagine.

Wait, I gotta put my shoes on so i can run to the outhouse

got my extension cord powering my house from the rich republican neighbors house and they don't know it :P

oh, and i'm dumber than wet dirt i hear too :shrug:

but as for east and west coasters, mostly okay impressions.

been to both coasts.

been all over the country

lots to see in between oceans

i know this is a flame intended post for fun

just some serious observations well, sort of :rofl:
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 09:41 AM
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5. Every state is made fun of for one reason or another...
In NH, we don't really say "Ayuh" or wear suspenders and ear-flap hats.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 09:43 AM
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6. true enough to an extent
i've been asked numerous times in other states

if we have indoor plumbing

electricity

cowboys and indians (in Oklahoma where I lived previously)

but you are right

some states have an air of superiority

but we're all really the same...

having recently been told that people from Arkansas are perhaps dumb as wet dirt, that one was easy to recall.

:hi:
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 07:20 PM
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15. ...since when?
:evilgrin:

Every time I get an on ground report from New Hampshire, the phrase "ayuh" is uttered at least once.
I'll have to ask "what are you wearing?" next time.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 10:17 PM
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28. Maybe you're hearing the word "yup"....
I've never heard anyone say "ayuh" in my 55 years.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 09:33 PM
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25. Sez who?
:rofl:
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 09:35 AM
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3. I've lived on both coasts
People are basically the same either place.
Some cultural differences though,
East coasters are more direct. West coasters are more indirect and thus harder to figure out where they are coming from.
East coasters take more pride in formal education and it shows in conversations, including topics covered and grammar used. (Sorry if this offends anyone but that is my experience. I've lived in both NY and Seattle.)
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 04:21 PM
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11. You hit the nail on the head with the first cultural difference.
I'm far too direct to live on the West Coast, yet here I am. I can't say that I've noticed the second difference.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 09:38 AM
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4. As people who used to be sane....
Then elected and re-elected Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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caty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 09:46 AM
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7. East coasters
are smarter because, by the time west coasters are waking up, we've already been up for a few hours. We already know everything about what west coasters are just hearing about. I'm not trying to say that west coasters are slow----just sleepy.:evilgrin: :shrug:
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cuke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 01:55 PM
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8. They help us protect the mid west from invasion by sea
Edited on Sat Nov-10-07 01:55 PM by cuke
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 01:57 PM
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9. I suspect they are
warmer than I am right now.
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 02:07 PM
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10. There are West Coast people? What...
do they look like?

What languages do they speak?

Are they friendly or hostile?





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NorthernSpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 05:24 PM
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12. they look like Charles Manson, and they speak mostly in tongues...
As to whether they are friendly or hostile, they are hostile. But you can win them over if you rub their bellies (they like that).
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 07:18 PM
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14. Well, as long as they're not cannibals. They're...
not cannibals, are they?
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AmyDeLune Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 09:27 PM
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23. errr...Cannibals...?
*hides knife and fork behind back*
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 07:18 PM
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13. my god, just when are y'all gonna fall in the ocean?
sheesh....

:evilgrin:
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 07:20 PM
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16. They live in the forbidden zone
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 07:23 PM
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17. The smell funny
And have weird accents.

:P
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TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 07:24 PM
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18. I've never met one, couldn't really comment on that
:shrug:
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Archon Donating Member (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 07:25 PM
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19. good
I wish I lived on the west coast. I don't like cold NY winters.
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 07:37 PM
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20. What about us in "flyover country"?
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 07:45 PM
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21. I LOVE you Lefty Coasters! I have lived on both coasts too
Edited on Sat Nov-10-07 07:48 PM by ElsewheresDaughter
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 07:46 PM
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22. born on one coast and live on the other, love both places but i wouldn't move
back.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 09:31 PM
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24. Higher than I view the flatlanders
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 09:34 PM
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26. Flatlanders are "tolerated" in northern NH
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 09:35 PM
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27. I drove through Green Mountain a few months ago. Obviously not NH, but stunning nonetheless
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 11:20 PM
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29. Definetly softer mountains than the Whites
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