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From: jrc@ritcv.UUCP (James R Carbin)
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Subject: Re: Back East vs. the Coast
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Date: Wed, 5-Oct-83 14:26:50 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  5 14:26:50 1983
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......"They're all obnoxious and they talk funny."   - Steve Summit

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Gee Steve, I hope you left off the :<) by accident or it was at least implied.
Do you really think that we are all obnoxious?

Seriously, I have often asked myself the question in the middle of a snowstorm,
"What in hell are you doing in Rochester, New York."  But weather is only one
of the factors which determines the location of home.  Granted, winter snow-
storms can be horrible (Some RIT students call this Rottenchester), but having
had the privilege to travel to 45 of the 48 continental states, I can say some-
thing good and something bad about each and everyone of them. To a Rochesterian
San Diego in December first seems like a dream, but I don't see how I could 
possibly afford rent or a mortgage.  And while Phoenix and Austin are beautiful
in March,  I'm not ready for the 117 degrees in Phoenix or the 100 degrees
combined with the humidity in Austin that can occur in the summer.  Montana is
great in the summer, but boy those winter storms can make ours (in Rochester) 
look like snow flurries. 

And while you mention that Easterners go to Florida rather than California due
to snob appeal, I don't think that is entirely true.  The simple fact is that
Florida is a lot closer (and therefore cheaper to get to) than California if
you do live on the Eastern seaboard.

I believe that most of us choose to live where we do for a number of reasons.
One of the finest things that I have observed in my travels around this country
is that the similarities that we share seem to far outnumber the differences
that we exhibit.  Perhaps I am an optimist, but I don't think that regional
differences are as deep as some would have us believe.

On that positive note, I'll remain,

as ever,

j.r.