East or West coast

JohnnyK
Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:29:44 +0000

I <3 the northeast. It’s the only place in America I’d ever want to live.

Penn students, do feel free to join my facebook group “East coast = best coast”

Here are some reasons for it cited from the facebook group

-Centuries of rich history
-The Ivy League
-The US Capitol (and the UN if you swing that way)
-The world’s financial capitol
-The HQ of US TV and newsmedia
-The HQ of publishing
-The I-95 > I-5
-a change of seasons (a white Christmas, snow days beautiful brisk autumn days, uplifting spring…)
-higher median IQ
-higher median income
-functioning state governments
-greater convenience and environmental friendliness of denser living (we build up, not out)
-houses with basements
-A treasure of beautiful historic architecture (fake spanish colonial has its charm too…yay stucco…)
-considerably fewer earthquakes
-significantly smaller chance of falling into the sea
-much less smog
-no land so devoid of life as to be classified as ‘desert’
-More Jews!
-Less illegal immigrants!
-people who are *******s but honest about it
-nobody pretending to be “laid back” or other social lies
-Not raising John Walker Lindh (aka American Taliban)
-A great deal fewer socialists
-less ‘fast & furious’ culture and other manifestations of superficiality and materialism
-less avocado on everything
-Broadway!

Yes, some of these things are in NYC and others in DC, but that’s the great thing about Philly–it’s wedged right between them and they are readily accessible for a day trip.