It's about a year ago this week that I was duped into living on the East Coast.
It's a long story, not worth repeating.
But now that I've been here about six months I thought it might be interesting to document some of the differences that a life-long West coaster sees:
1. I never get to watch the end of Monday night football games. Who the hell can stay up past midnight on a weekday to watch football? Ridiculous.
2. Maryland is the South. Yes, we're south of the Mason-Dixon line. I've found people very friendly here in spite of the reputation of Baltimore as Murder City USA.
3. Politics are really nasty here. With the coming election, I've seen attack ads that I just don't believe, by both sides. A pox on all their houses, I say. I've seen negative ads in SF and Seattle but they pale by comparison with what has been on TV here.
4. There is little or no awareness of the environment out here. People still eat food caught in the Chesapeake Bay for God's sake! (just insane) They still salt the roads here - heavily.
5. Lacrosse is very big here. I knew what it was but had no idea anyone still played it. I presume they know that it's derived from an old Iroquois game where they batted around the head of their recently-deceased foes. Of course, I still have no idea how the game is played.
6. Private schools are big here. I live in a nice residential area in Baltimore and I'm next to Gilman, the Friends School, Roland Park Country School, and Boys Latin. There is money in this town, it's just careful to hide itself.
Posted by artandscience at October 27, 2006 04:35 AM