<p>man, how the hell do they not know UCLA. </p>
<p>people like that don't even know who the president of this nation is.</p>
<p>I wish I didn't! ;)</p>
<p>SO WHATS SO GREAT ABOUT THE EAST COAST?
NOTHING.....op and everyone your trying to find an answer to a question has no answer....its all relativity...................e=mc2</p>
<p>BestMiler,</p>
<p>Please don't misuse special relativity...</p>
<p>lol.................ahhahahhahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..................i was just messing around........this question has no answer to it...its all opinion....there is not right or wrong answer to opinions</p>
<p>I am going to St. John's College. They have one campus in Annapolis, MD and one campus in Santa Fe, NM. I chose Santa Fe over Annapolist, because I hear that the area and campus are more laid back. The weather and beautiful land also helped.</p>
<p>I've lived on the East coast my whole life (NH). I've visited the west coast.
To answer the question
The lifestyle in the east is different than on the West coast. Everything is much more laid back there. Here, everyone's in a hurry. I've definitely become accustomed to the fast paced lifestyle. We drive fast, talk fast, eat fast, and don't have a lot of patience. But that's normal to me; at this point in my life I couldn't live any other way. Some people like it. Some don't. I'll leave that choice up to you.
Obviously the weather is a lot different here, and like the entire state of California, varies by place on the coast. Southern states are warmer and more humid year round. The northeast has temperatures ranging from subzero to near 100 depending on what time of year it is, and how extreme the weather is in a given year. The south gets hurricanes, tornadoes, etc. The northeast gets ice storms and nor'easters which are usually big blizzards, but can also be major rain and wind storms (the movie the Perfect Storm was based on one of those).
The northeast has lots of big cities, and lots of cultural stuff. Lots of connections and networking here too.
Personally I chose to stay in NH for college. Yeah, I'm one of those crazy people that likes the snow. And yes, I've shoveled. I've been shoveling since I could walk. I drive in it too. In college there are people that shovel for me, and I don't have to drive, but I don't mind either. I love cross country skiing. I love walking outside in the middle of a snow storm. The world is beautiful, and amazingly quiet. Even if you don't like snow, you should still see it at least once in your life. It's truly breathtaking. To me it's completely unnatural to see 70* in February. Sorry, that's just wrong. But that's my personal opinion. I actually dread summer every year. I really can't take the heat, especially with the humidity which is not seen by most on the west coast (I have relatives in CA...they come here and are shocked by the humidity; they only live 45 minutes from San Fransisco). The humidity makes it tough to breathe, and it's not nearly as humid in NH as it is in, say, Florida. Sure on some of the days when the windchill is -20 it may feel like you have knives in your lungs, but it's still not as bad as the summers.
East coast vs west coast is a personal choice. I'll only leave the East if it's the only way I can live in a place with snow. This is the life I know, understand, and am comfortable with</p>
<p>California is way better! you have great weather only you can go to the snow in a short little drive, plus attitude, east coast has a big problem with that, thats my opionion i went to new york and i hated that, i love it here in california and i would never live anywhere else</p>
<p>^^^New York is a harsh city. I don't like it much, either. But the New Yorker attitude does NOT embody all of the East Coast. I don't get this thing about everything being rushed. I guess it's different in the Mideast and South...or maybe I just don't have anything to compare it to.</p>
<p>Baltimore is a beautiful city, and everyone is amazingly friendly and polite, and it's all historic brick rowhouses and such. It's nothing like NY. I think you'll find a lot of diversity here in the attitudes and cultures depending on where you are!</p>
<p>The Northeast definitely is more rushed than the Southeast and parts of the Mid-Atlantic; that being said, IMO the West was even more laidback than the South when I visited!</p>
<p>I drive fast, eat very fast...but I have more patience than Northerners and definitely talk a lot slower.</p>
<p>Oh and yeah: judging the East from NYC is like judging the Hoh Rain Forest based on San Francisco.</p>
<p>I dont know about the whole northeasters driving faster than Californians. Check out sigalert.com which gives real time traffic flow data along highways. For example, some average speeds in San Diego County today:</p>
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Kearny Villa Rd (North of 52) (just before) 90 mph</p>
<h2>Kearny Villa Rd (North of 52) 79 mph</h2>
<p>Del Mar Heights Rd 79 mph</p>
<h2>Carmel Valley Rd 75 mph</h2>
<p>Friars Rd 73 mph</p>
<h2>Aero Dr 75 mph</h2>
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<p>And keep in mind that these are AVERAGE speeds - about half will drive around 5-10 below this but about half will also drive 5-10 above. When I drive in Maryland, I'm constantly stuck behind people in the left lane driving 2 or 3 over the limit..not even pushing 60. =(</p>
<p>and you also need to know theres a BIG difference between north and south california, apparentyl we are supposed to be superficial and there supposed to be ugly, but in my youth and governemt conference i found out thats not true at all, there are plenty of hot gilrs in the norh, its just that they have different slang..they say hella! people who say HELLA are hella stupid, or they just sound that way</p>
<p>That's hella weird.</p>
<p>Driving in snow is really fun</p>
<p>just make sure you have a garage :)</p>
<p>otherwise...yeah</p>
<p>basically stereotypes suck, if you like cold weather go east!</p>
<p>I grew up in southern California and now go to NYU for school, commuting in from NYC suburbs. I, personally, would never want to live back on the West Coast.</p>
<p>Let's add oil to the flames. New England, at least, is civilized. Besides, by real winter standards, only parts of Maine might be considered somewhat cold and snowy...</p>
<p>Wait, so you mean to tell me that the West Coast is lined with savages and anarchy?</p>
<p>SWEET.</p>
<p>I like adding oil. Here's my contribution:</p>
<p>East coast has da CONNECTIONZ. West coast has azns and ppl from japan like this crazy guy above me who is 22 and argues with teens about colleges on different coasts.</p>
<p>GAH! I'm NOT FROM JAPAN. Please, I'm from Los Angeles. It says so in my profile.</p>
<p>And ACA may be making fun of me, but at least I have some experience to offer to you guys outside of high school. Not much, but some. I'm here to help!</p>