> As a west coaster, I can't stand Chicago or New York. The weather sucks, the topology is boring, the people are either boring Midwesterners, or crass north easterners. I'm happy the west coast gets more play, though I would probably not want to live in SF.
While the stereotypes exist for a reason (and anybody who's lived in NYC or Chi-town testify to these particular ones), have to disagree with you on the being able to put up with "those" people. It's the west coast that is the outlier here as a (stereotypical) bunch of pansies who can't (again stereotypically) deal with rawness of reality.
I'm fortunate, or not, for having lived in western (Seattle) and eastern Washington, Bay Area, Portland, Toledo, New York City (well, Westchester County), Vicksburg MS, Boca Raton, Salt Lake City, Austin (some for a few months, many for a few or more years).
There is nothing wrong with the other areas of the US, and Americans are mostly the same, but I find the laid back style of the left west coast just to be the most suited. Well, Californians can take that a bit too far...
> As a west coaster, I can't stand Chicago or New York. The weather sucks, the topology is boring, the people are either boring Midwesterners, or crass north easterners. I'm happy the west coast gets more play, though I would probably not want to live in SF.
While the stereotypes exist for a reason (and anybody who's lived in NYC or Chi-town testify to these particular ones), have to disagree with you on the being able to put up with "those" people. It's the west coast that is the outlier here as a (stereotypical) bunch of pansies who can't (again stereotypically) deal with rawness of reality.