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From: ljw@trsvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Back East vs. the Coast - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 8-Oct-83 00:15:36 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct  8 00:15:36 1983
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trsvax!ljw    Sep 30 09:28:00 1983

Come on now, west coasters aren't the only ones down on the east coast.
A few years back, when I was unemployed, a couple of friends of mine offered
to let me live with them on Long Island while I was looking for a job.  When
I went to the State Employment Office and told the man at the counter I was
interested in moving to Long Island (and wanted to know about job opportu-
nities), he looked at me real strange and said that anyone who wanted to 
move to Long Island must be crazy.

Personally, I found Long Island to be nothing more than one big garbage dump.
No one there takes any pride in their area, and there was trash strewn on
every highway.  It is no wonder that westerners despise the east, when the
easterners do too.

I agree that some stereotypes that certain areas of the country have about
other areas of the country are wrong.  Before I moved to North Carolina, for
instance, I thought it was just like the Andy Griffith Show, but I found that
for the most part it is a heck of a lot different.  I enjoyed my stay in 
Raleigh a whole lot more than in New York, and I urge all westerners to change
your beliefs about the south.  (Your beliefs about the east are correct, but
your beliefs about the south are wrong).
						Larry J. West