East Coast people are like a different species

John Clendon wrote:

Da fuq part of eastern US are you in?

I'm guessing Fairfax County, VA

You must be from Connecticut then.

I agree with 0% of that list it's clearly written by an attention seeker who knows nothing.

Lynn, MA born, raised & current tax payer.

Lynn, Lynn,

The city of sin.

You never get out

The way you went in

Old Man Runner wrote:

johnny bean wrote:

does florida count as east coast? we are all 49.5% rednecks, 49.5% cubans, 1% sane people. i identify as neither of these three as I am a typical city-dwelling dummy.

Um, that's only 94%, Moran.

Bad joke, or bad math?

East coasters are addicted to opioids esp in northeast and Appalachia

Bleu wrote:

If you're not from the NE you will never understand. It's not about you.

1. .....

Someone who's lived all his life in the northern Great Lakes states regarding This List...

While I don't have experience with some of the behaviors or attitudes on this list, I could nod in agreement as several, esp. #s 3, 13, 14, 15 and 19.

Northern Midwesterners pull their punches a little in expressing their feelings and might be too passive-aggressive. Sometimes we do talk a little too much, just to be nice. I've overall liked the trait of northern East-coasters being direct with me, good or bad, and talking no more than needed. It took a little while to realize not to take things personally. A Cleveland-bred co-worker seems to have an interesting mix of Midwest-meets-East-Coast traits and I relate to him best of officemates not from my home region.

I found East-coast driving could be intense, but more fair and predictable than some other parts of the country... hate my state's left-lane campers and inability to merge properly.

I give New York City residents a pass. Piling 9 million people into an area about as big as the Charlotte, NC metropolitan area is bound to drive even the kindest sole into having a rough edge. But for the rest of the East Coast, it is true. I am originally from Boston and currently have family in Philly. I grew up in the south and live on the Texas Gulf Coast. Every time I go back east to visit, it is like going to a different country. If you are waiting in line for counter service and do not snap to attention when it is your turn to order, a dozen people in line will immediately crow out to you "are you waiting in line? are you gonna order because I am ready." In the south, it would be "hey, buddy. Your'e up next."

Bleu wrote:

Canadians LOL! If their president lived in the USA his wife would be in prison for child molestation.

You are getting confused with France.

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM wrote:

You must be from Connecticut then.

I agree with 0% of that list it's clearly written by an attention seeker who knows nothing.

Lynn, MA born, raised & current tax payer.

Bleu wrote:

I'm from New England and I agree with 50% of the list. You must drink tea and be a transplant. A true New Englander would never use the word "putrid."

Lynn, Lynn, the city of sin, you never come out the way you went in..

Disgusting shithole of a city that epitomizes the cesspool that New England has become thanks to the illegals drug gangs, including Springfield, Bridgeport, CT, Rochester, NH, Bangor, ME, ...etc.

east coast wrote:

Old Man Runner wrote:

That's just French Canadians from Montreal/Quebec

People from Toronto are weirdly rude and very pretentious.

I doubt he meant the coast of Lake Ontario.

Dingler wrote:

Bleu wrote:

Canadians LOL! If their president lived in the USA his wife would be in prison for child molestation.

You are getting confused with France.

'Murican education at its finest.

Most of the obnoxious pushy people you come across in NYC are in from New Jersey for the day. People don't behave that way on their own homeground

Precious Roy wrote:

I give New York City residents a pass. Piling 9 million people into an area about as big as the Charlotte, NC metropolitan area is bound to drive even the kindest sole into having a rough edge. But for the rest of the East Coast, it is true. I am originally from Boston and currently have family in Philly. I grew up in the south and live on the Texas Gulf Coast. Every time I go back east to visit, it is like going to a different country. If you are waiting in line for counter service and do not snap to attention when it is your turn to order, a dozen people in line will immediately crow out to you "are you waiting in line? are you gonna order because I am ready." In the south, it would be "hey, buddy. Your'e up next."

Yes, because it's f---ing obnoxious when dumb@$$es get to the front of the line and don't know what to order.

It always cracks me up that people think Liberals are lazy, but then turn around and complain that we're "rude" because we expect people to arrive somewhere on time or be ready to order when they reach the front of the line.

Meanwhile down South it's all: "life moves a little slower here in texawhosit, Alabama." Yeah, ok. No wonder ya'll are being left behind by the economy. I don't want to hear any more of your bellyaching. Sit down, shut up, and enjoy your free ride off my tax dollars.

Also, try to be less racist.

802 wrote:

It always cracks me up that people think Liberals are lazy, but then turn around and complain that we're "rude" because we expect people to arrive somewhere on time or be ready to order when they reach the front of the line.

Meanwhile down South it's all: "life moves a little slower here in texawhosit, Alabama." Yeah, ok. No wonder ya'll are being left behind by the economy. I don't want to hear any more of your bellyaching. Sit down, shut up, and enjoy your free ride off my tax dollars.

Also, try to be less racist.

P.S. we won the civil war, don't make us come back down there...

east coast wrote:

Sarcasm aside, I'm not really talking about cultural differences. I live in a liberal urban area with lots of NPR-listening, Prius-driving, latte-sipping educated people. I'm referring to temperment and manners. They are obscenely rude. Very unforgiving, aggressive, cynical and nasty. I'm talking like 90%.

Rules for living in the northeast:

1. Mind your own business.

2. Do whatever you want, be whoever you want.

3. Take it easy on the small talk.

4. Passivity = annoying. Say what you mean.

Sounds like all of you east coast types like it there. I encourage all of you to stay there. A win for everyone!

east coast wrote:

Sarcasm aside, I'm not really talking about cultural differences. I live in a liberal urban area with lots of NPR-listening, Prius-driving, latte-sipping educated people. I'm referring to temperment and manners. They are obscenely rude. Very unforgiving, aggressive, cynical and nasty. I'm talking like 90%.

At first I was offended, but this explanation makes me okay with it. Yup!

(Though, I do not drive a Prius.)

I've lived in Chicago, Houston and DC. Overall, people are pretty similar in all of these cities. That said, here are the main differences I see with people's attitudes.

In DC (and likely other East Coast cities), many locals think that the Midwest and Texas are backwaters full of ignorant racists and little else. When I tell people in DC that I've lived in Houston and Chicago, they'll often straight up tell me they'd never live there because people are too dumb, there's no culture, etc. They then look at you expecting you to say "Yeah I'm so glad I got out of that hell hole and have arrived in the promised land".

A lot of people in Houston, and to a lesser extent in Chicago, think that public transit is n inefficient quagmire used by poor people. They love commuting via car for some reason. In DC, it's quite desirable to live near a Metro stop or bus line going to your work.

Despite my first point, I believe that there is less subtle/institutional racism in Houston compared to DC and especially Chicago. Part of that is probably that DC and Chicago are older and have more entrenched housing segregation.

This is just my 2 cents, of course.

Hunke wrote:

Despite my first point, I believe that there is less subtle/institutional racism in Houston compared to DC and especially Chicago. Part of that is probably that DC and Chicago are older and have more entrenched housing segregation.

This is just my 2 cents, of course.

I moved to Boston from LA. I actually enjoy the lack of small talk in grocery lines and such. Crabby old me got tired of being wished "Have a Nice Day" in the elevator at work in LA. There was a lot of "judging" based upon where you went to school. Also, the history of the city was fascinating! I liked wearing a suit and not "business casual" 100% of the time. But I agree with this point about racism being more subtle and entrenched. The city is segregated and has been for generations.