<p>I have lived in basically the same place my whole life so I like to get a feel for what its like to live in other parts of the US. </p>
<p>So how is it over on the East Side? Likes? Dislikes? Make me feel like I'm living east coast culture.</p>
<p>EDIT___ Actually, so I don't keep clogging HSL with my threads could everybody just tell me what its like in their part of the country? South? Midwest? Southwest? Like what is unique about it and why do you love it or hate it??</p>
<p>AMAZING. we have all four seasons, which i absolutely love. sweet beaches here as well. nyc is one of the best places in the world, IMO. i especially love my location (cue jersey haters), i love being half an hour away from nyc. philadelphia is about a two hour drive. (poconos about an hour). and going down the shore on the parkway takes about an hour (unless you wanna go to AC, or something)</p>
<p>and then there new england, a whole different story. i’ve only visited around there, so i don’t know much, i do plan on attending college there, though (maybe).</p>
<p>i love everything …</p>
<p>The west coast is really, really laid back. Other than that, it’s kinda like the Midwest, only more liberal.</p>
<p>I love California. It’s got every single type of biome and geological feature. There’s sprawling LA, but a compact San Francisco.</p>
<p>YAY! You did it onthefly!</p>
<p>Well, I have SOO much to say about the East Coast. </p>
<p>I’ll start off with the potentially bad:
<p>< As you can see, everthing bad revolves around the weather. lol.</p>
<p>Now for the good:
<p>I was just there visiting for a long time - it’s difficult to generalize, it varies, I guess there’s a more seasonal feeling there. Not really so extremely different from the west coast that I’m aware of overall, barring specific places.</p>
<p>
So true, signs everywhere, especially around my town you see signs that read “George Washington’s retreat route” and whatnot.</p>
<p>Perfection. Although I was born and partially-raised on the west coast, I really couldn’t imagine living anywhere other than the north east.</p>
<p>I forgot some other stuff:</p>
<p>12) NY has an amazing selection of food. You can try food from ALL over the world w/o ever leaving the city.
13) Us East Coasters sit by fireplaces, wrapped in blankets and roast marshmallows & chestnuts.
14) There are numerous accents, which always makes things fun.
15) And come to think of it, I think every East Coast state is now “Blue”.</p>
<p>I am feeling pretty stupid for taking all the schools in the NE off my college list because I thought it would be “boring” </p>
<p>HAHA what an idiot</p>
<p>I thought that since the population was declining in the NE that people were trying to get away. Why do you think ppl are leaving?</p>
<p>^ put them back on NOW. :)</p>
<p>OH, I forgot to put the cherry on top.</p>
<p>We have THE IVIES!!</p>
<p>onthefly, listen to smilemyonly and put them back on! Seriously, there’s so much to see on the East Coast, ESPECIALLY the NE. You will not regret it. </p>
<p>If you ever visit New England, you’ll see that almost every town & city has it’s own little charm.</p>
<p>I agree with EVERYTHING that bigwill11205 has posted on this thread! 
Ivies are the cherry on top. Btw, I live in the South.</p>
<p>thanks big dreamer. and where do you live in the south?</p>
<p>PS: onthefly is going to make a thread for the south too! And fyi, you can call me Will; that’s my name anyways. haha.</p>
<p>I “live” in Maryland for like one month a year. It’s pretty sweet. The suburbs seem more suburb-y, and horse riding lessons are way closer, so I can only do them when I’m there. There are a lot of tourists, which gets kind of annoying, but I have to remember that when I was little I got taken to see all that stuff too.
Now when I go there I stay in Ellicott City. They have a nice mall and all, but it’s boring there, so I love it when my brother takes me to stay with him in DC for the weekend.
We have a house in the country, in VA. It’s really quiet there, and nice. Lots of trees, so many more stars than DC, more than everywhere really, but there are a lot of mosquitoes.</p>
<p>I could do one on the South too, but even when I was little, I spent less time there because my parents knew it was boring. Now I avoid going all I can.</p>
<p>I actually live in the MidWest. We eat Skyline and Graeters, and celebrate our German heritage. We say Gesundheit and please, as in bitte, when we mean “could you repeat that?” I actually don’t know too much about it, because I live on the very, very edge of it, and I hear we’re a little different. I’ve only been to Michigan a little, I only go to Indiana to ski. Chicago is awesome. But I’ve never been anywhere else in the MidWest.</p>
<p>According to Wikipedia, very few people in the MidWest are Jewish. We can barely conduct class on Jewish holidays, so many people are out. I think the MidWest is supposed to be flat but its hilly here. There are a lot of Catholic people. That’s about it.</p>
<p>should i really make a separate one for the south?</p>
<p>Also millancad, i bought graeters at kroger and it was not that great esp for 5 bucks a pint. Do you think it is better from the real parlor?</p>
<p>^ mmm graeters ice cream.</p>
<p>^ ya thats what i hear</p>
<p>Seattle, San Francisco and San Diego destroy anything the east coast has to offer.</p>
<p>DC, Boston, and NYC would beg to differ</p>