East Coast
East Coast vs West Coast, the little things.
Recently on a trip home I had a chance to really observe and think about the differences between East Coast life and West Coast life. Some of this applies to all of the East Coast, and some of it is for Buffalo only, but I thought I’d mention it.
Back home I:
Eat “Chicken Wings” not Buffalo Wings (and by the way, that orange sticky stuff you’ve eaten at Denny’s or whatever, is NOT Buffalo Sauce)
Call Streets and Roads “The”: The 90, The Blvd, The Scajacweida, imagine calling it “The China Lake blvd”
Particularily in Buffalo, you know the name and location of many Native American locations: Tonawanda, Scajacweida, Oneonta, Niagara, Cattaraugaus, Chataqua.
Give directions by description, not co-ordinates.
Eat Beef On Wecke (pronounced Wick)
Drink Labatts beer
Drink Vernors ginger ale
Drink Loganberry juice
Wear closed shoes almost all year round.
Keep a Shovel, Ice Scraper and gloves in your car.
Use the Heater in the Car in October
Use a car as a vehicle, not a status symbol
Play cardgames like Pinnochle and Euchre.
On the West Coast I:
Wear Sandals almost every day.
Sometimes keep water in my car.
Know locations by Mexican names, La Jolla, Mission Viejo, Cajon Pass
Give directions by street co-ordinates “It’s at Trop and the Strip”
Use A/C in the Car in October
Play Poker
Well, that’s my list of “little things”. There are a lot of really BIG things, like the weather! I thought it would be cute to publish it.
Thanks for Reading,
Missy.
The Daily Independent 