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From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame,net.misc
Subject: Re: Back East vs. the Coast
Message-ID: <384@cbosgd.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 29-Sep-83 11:46:24 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 29 11:46:24 1983
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I don't find the Eastern Seaboard (e.g. BosNYWash) distasteful because
of the allegedly strange people.  (The people I've actually met there
struck me as very nice - completely different from the stereotypes.)
I find BosNYWash distasteful because
(a) It's incredibly crowded.  At 2 AM there is a 15 minute wait in the
    checkout line at the grocery store.
(b) It's expensive.  There are enough people living in this area to create
    a demand, and this demand drives up all the prices.  Housing and car
    insurance are the worst offenders, but food and transportation are
    more expensive there for some reason also.
(c) It's old and run down.  That part of the country has been there for
    hundreds of years, and much of what you see has been there since the
    early 1900's.
(d) It's in the "north", and thus has hot humid summers and cold winters.

There's no question it's very different from the west coast.  You either
love New York or hate it, and I personally don't love it.