<p>I really have no idea, if I could live anywhere besides New York City, it wouldn't be in the Northeast(just because of the damn cold)</p>
<p>yeah but we weren't talking about your long-distance relationship "UCLAsomething", were we? :P I think really anything anyone has ever said about relationships is wrong.</p>
<p>pebbles,</p>
<p>First of all, there's a function on your computer called "copy" and another one called "paste." At least have the decency to copy and past a person's name if you don't know it. Besides, UCLAri isn't hard. </p>
<p>About my comment, it's just my OWN PERSONAL observation. I've spent at least 1 year of my 7 years with my girlfriend as far as Japan, and only as close as 1 hour away. It doesn't make the heart grow fonder in my experience, it makes you grow frustrated.</p>
<p>dear militant west-coast advocate with his OWN PERSONAL observations:</p>
<p>hey, it served its purpose, you figured it out. </p>
<p>I was just talking about the irrelevance of it, I was talking about seasons and you were talking about your 7 year girlfriend.</p>
<p>Dear person with outdated Flinstones name:</p>
<p>:p</p>
<p>That is all.</p>
<p>P.S. Someone said "absence makes the heart grow fonder." I say that's bunk. I used the best example I could. Get it?</p>
<p>well</p>
<p>OHMGOD I LOVE THE EAST COAST COME TO THE EAST COAST EVERYONE YAYYYY PARTY ON.</p>
<p>My rebuttal:</p>
<p>If you want to spend 1/4 of your year hating the walk from your dorm/apartment to class, go ahead. </p>
<p>But instead, why not spend 4/4 of your year in temperate weather, going to an equally good school and having all your "wonderful" snow just a 1 hour trip away?</p>
<p>yeah woo hoo EAST COAST PRIDE BABY!!</p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>New York City, D.C. Boston, Atlanta, Austin, Fairfax, New Jersey (the state, yes) >>>>>>>>>>>> Just Los Angeles when looking at job opps.</p>
<p>Why restrict yourself to a few good cities on the west coast when you could have the prestigious powerhouses of NYC/etc on the east coast.</p>
<p>ACA,</p>
<p>Guess what? You can get a job on the East Coast with a college degree from the West Coast.</p>
<p>OMG! TRUFAX!</p>
<p>People adjust to the climate wherever they go, and eventually don't care as much about unless they are putting in a lot of effort just to complain about something. Theres good and bad about both East and West coasts. </p>
<p>UCLAri-you saw the snow they got at Niigata and Toyama right? haha</p>
<p>East Coast has the whole atmosphere to it. All of the houses are old and colonies, and theirs so much history to it. Here its pretty normal for people to have old foundations of forts used in the Revolitonary war. Plus its pretty cool to go to the beach after it's snowed. I know that sounds crazy but its the most prettiest thing youve ever seen. Snow covering the sand and then th water crashing up upon it. And there's never anything better than a New England Fall.</p>
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<p>OMG...urge to kill rapist of the English language...rising...</p>
<p>Jlime18- Go to lake Tahoe, same stuff</p>
<p>UCLAri, the point is that schools on the east coast are more known and have better reputations than most of the west coast ones.</p>
<p>For example, NYU CAS and Boston University are respected and known more than the UC's and the like, even if UCB/UCLA are ranked higher.</p>
<p>Being on the east coast is like adding 10-20 points to your ranking when comparing it vs west coast schools.</p>
<p>Nobody here in D.C. knows what Pomona or UCLA is but we sure know about UNC and Tufts.</p>
<p>This is true, I think, to an extent. Most educated people around here recognize Caltech, but Pomona, UBC would be beyond their knowledge. Boston, UNC, Georgia Tech would light the fire in their eyes though.</p>
<p>(Of course, I live in the south, which might explain it...:p)</p>
<p>Aside from weather and reputation, I think another thing to consider is that the atmosphere is different on the East Coast, at least at some schools. Some of the schools really are old - granted, nothing compared to schools in Europe, but old for America. Their campuses have such a rich history, and sitting in those buildings where many of our nation's leaders sat two centuries ago can be surreal. Here in California, none of the schools have that feeling of history, at least not in the same way.</p>
<p>As a West Coaster (I was born and lived my ENTIRE life in San Diego) turned East Coaster (I'm at Georgetown)</p>
<p>That is RIDICULOUS to say people in DC don't know UCLA, or that Boston University is more well known than Berkely or LA. The UC schools are famous throughout the WORLD as stellar research institutions. I know many professors here at Georgetown who received doctorates in the UC system. </p>
<p>I can see where one would come East for a liberal arts or humanities degree. But for the sciences, West is best, by FAR.</p>
<p>As far as cost of living, I would put DC and NYC more or less on par with San Diego. </p>
<p>The atmosphere here is also different, but not necessarily better. People here are very jumpy, and always need to fill the time. On the whole, they don't know how to relax, and they aren't necessarily more productive because of it.</p>
<p>I didn't say they didn't know UCLA. Do not put words in my mouth. I'm just saying they are more likely to recognie BU and other east coast schools ranked lower than UCLA.</p>
<p>I've lived in D.C., Fairfax, and NYC my whole life and you can go out to some NYC firms and ask 'em about colleges. They will know Berkeley and Stanford but dont' expect much else. Many do not know UCLA but they know BU/BC/Georgetown/etc.</p>
<p>Just 'cause you spent some time at a Georgetown campus doesn't mean you know what major firms think. I've lived on the east coast my entire life and my dad has a company in NYC.</p>
<p>Take any west coast school and lower its Us News ranking by about 10 points give or take a few. That is its "reputation" on the east coast.</p>
<p>Nobody is putting words in your mouth, ACA, because we don't have to:</p>
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<p>I worked in DC as well, and UCLA's reputation was stellar. Maybe not as much in NY, but certainly in DC.</p>