Which Is Better The East Coast Or The West Coast?

If you have to ask, please go to the east coast.

 

well i have lived in the pacific northewest, but mostly in northern california. not desert, not sand not dunebuggys and dunes, but mountains and trees. and people too. there's more regional distinctions then just east or west. even northern nevada is completely different from arazona and new mexico. northern california is a completely different region then southern.
the great basin is distinct from the mississippi drainage and all the drainage regions that drain into it. the southeast from the northeast. there are more then these seven regions that are easily named, all completely distinct from each other, and then even within each region there are rural areas completely distinct from built up ones, non-agracultural rural areas dramatically distinct from agricultural ones.

and its quite common for people from other areas to make that mistake. sothern california is not the majority of the wast coast. just the opposite. as i'm sure boston and new york city, completely distinct from rural northern vermont and new hampsure and even upstate new york and again from northern maine.

the biggest distinction is between unbanized and rurual. we do happen have more less over developed space in the west. as with the rest of the country, greed is needlessly wasteful of what we do have, both urban and rural. oregon and washington are better then even northern california, at recognizing its not the little green pieces of paper that are unhappy and northern california WAAAAAY better then southern.

my perspective though, is that the only attraction of cities is that public transportation is concentrated more there then elsewhere. but this extreme shortage of public transportation outside of or connecting urban concentrations is not neccessary. it was not the situation i grew up, nor is it the case in a good many other parts of the world.

 

That's like comparing apples and oranges.. I like oranges better.

 

West coast is full. Go east please.

 

Hello,

there was a time when I came down the alps in Alto Adige at night and looking back I could see a few small lights on a summit, whilst in front of me was the plain with all the lights and people. I thought the summit is the place I want to be. Or maybe Canada or Scandinavia.

Regards
Gyro

 

I always liked the Finger Lakes region of New York State.

 

I'm all about New York, Cape Cod and Hawaii....

I heard that Washington State and Oregon are beautiful...but I never been to either of those states.

 

As soon as you leave Redding (a true poop hole) going north---you will start to see what people mean by the Pacific Northwest. No comparison to anything south of there. Anyone traveling out here really should drive the coastal route, although even highway 5 is a nice drive. The coast of Oregon-Washington is a place where one can fall off the edge of the earth---if one finds it necessary.

 

What do you mean? It is steep?

 

Good place to disappear if one wants to. Little towns--very little--all up the coast. And the trees. Well-they're everywhere!

Friend of mine was born in Arizona and when I mentioned that it sure was beautiful country up here--she said--"I can't tell-there're too many trees!

 

Although---if one starts on the coast above San Francisco to head north, it's nice also. But the valley where I grew up(?) is really, really boring and hot as hell in the summer. Unless you're planning to go to Yosemite, there's not much reason to travel the valley.