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From: rkp@drufl.UUCP (Pierce)
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Subject: Re: Back East vs. the Coast
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Date: Wed, 28-Sep-83 16:55:36 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 28 16:55:36 1983
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I am a Tennesseean now living in Colorado.  I have been to New York
City, but I don't think it was anything to write home about.  My
Grandmother was from Cortland, NY, and I think that area of the state
is beautiful.  (Cortland is not really on the east coast, but it is
in [UGH!] New York.)  One of my aunts lives in Hartford, Conn., and I
always thought it was a nice place.

I think that most people get a bad impression of the east coast (or
at least I have) by some of the people you meet.  And also the media
in NYCity seems to forget there is anything west of the Mississippi.
TRUE STORY: When I was in NJ on business once, it was a Saturday
night during pre-season football.  The only scores the sports
reporter gave was the for the Jets and Giants--nothing else!  Then
the weather came on.  The weather map only went to the Mississippi
River!  And this wasn't some independent station, this was WNBC, the
main NBC affiliate.  This kind of teed me off.

On other east coast places, Norfolk seemed like a pretty bad place to
live.  Even the beaches were dirty (and this was many years ago, I
couldn't imagine them being any cleaner now).  The North Carolina
beaches seemed pretty nice.  I have also been to central New Jersey.
I really think there are some nice places there.  In fact, I wouldn't
mind living in some of those areas (Holmdel, Lincroft, etc).  One of my
aunts lives in Hartford, Conn., and I always thought it was a nice
place.

In general, there are good and bad to all places.

Russ Pierce
Denver  WECo

P.S.  By the way, for all you New York deli SNOBS, I challenge your
best deli to my favorite deli--TIME OUT in Knoxville, Tennessee. 

:-; (Licking my lips after a Cheddar Met from TIME OUT.)