Why the North East is better than wherever the hell you came from.

[Renew Deal]

We have seasons. Four of them to be specific. The summer is hot and the winter is cold.

Fall foliage

We get hurricanes in the winter time.

Seafood= Lobster, crab, scallops and all kinds of fish are native to this area

:thumbsup: Yankees
:thumbsdown: Red Sox

Gas stations open past 9pm.

Bars open past midnight.

Beer sold at 7/11.

The most influential of the 13 colonies.

Adequately pissed off every day.

NE Liberals

There are many other reasons, but this settles it. The NE rules. Where you come from sucks.

[DS1]

1. I'm living in a house that was built in 1902

Apparently, we have a gift for building houses that can withstand extreme weather.

[Renew Deal]

2. Good point

That's another thing. Homes here have been around since the 30's and before and their still standing.

[RPM]

13. me too!

:toast:

[1monster]

19. In Florida, we have buildings that were built in the sixteen hundreds that

are still being used today, albeit not for the original purpose. For example, Castillo de San Marcos and the Matanzas River Fort. And then there are several houses that are the same age or almost as old.

I guess there are other parts of the world that can build to withstand extreme weather too, including hurricanes.

[Bluzmann57]

3. Midwest is best

All four seasons here too
Better fall foliage

seafood=catfish, bass, trout. Try it, you might like it

Chicago White Sox have the best record in MLB
St Louis Cardinals are close to them. As a Cub fan, that really pains me.

Gas Stations open all night.

Bars open until 4 AM in some locations

First in the nation Caucuses, how's that for influential?

Beer sold almost everywhere

Friendly people

Midwest Liberals
Work ethic.

No, this settles it. The Midwest is best, but since we are a friendlier people out here, we won't say the Northeast sucks.

[ikojo]

57. Dude, try being a Cubs fan in St Louis!

Oy the struggles I endure!

Truthfully, if I could afford to live in Boston or NYC, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

[youthere]

62. I heartily concur!

don't forget the walleye.
Mississippi on one side the Missouri on the other
Green rolling hills
small towns where no one locks their doors
Maid-rites and best of all
HAWEYE FOOTBALL!

[Bluzmann57]

66. Yeah! Hawkeye football!

Kirk Ferentz may be the best college coach in America. And Maid-Rites. High fat and cholesterol but damn they're good! And on Fridays at a local store, they're low priced too. There's dinner.

[Reverend_Smitty]

4. we have some kick-ass cities too

New York, Boston, Philly...c'mon!

[Zuni]

21. what about Baltimore?

:grr:

[Allenberg]

26. Baltimore is a crack-riddled STD haven rife with ghetto life

not to mention the syringes and used condoms floating in Inner Harbor.

(I was stationed at Ft Meade from 2000-2002. I went to Baltimore quite a bit, and hated it each time. Football and baseball stadiums are nice, however.)

[giant_robot]

53. Allenberg! What's up?

Have you separated from the Air Force yet? I don't know if you recall from previous posts, but I was in the USAF at Ft. Meade, too. Damn! I need to start a buddy list for just Air Force people.

[Allenberg]

72. Yeah

I got out in May. Do I know you personally?

[giant_robot]

75. No, just from the message board.

I was at Ft. Meade in the early 1990's, so you couldn't have known me. I guess my fellow DU Air Force vets just stick in my mind because we have common experiences. Congrats on the start of your new civilian life! Take advantage of your educational benefits. I got through college on the cheap thanks to the GI bill and a VA educational grant. I actually went on from there to earn a doctorate. The skills and benefits you've earned from your service to your country will serve you well. Take full advantage of them!

[Maine-ah]

5. a'ya!!

:yourock:

[woofless]

6. If you weren't born in Massachusetts

you ain't shit!!

[bicentennial_baby]

16. Word

Masshole, born and bred :P

[Renew Deal]

17. Born in Brooklyn

biatch

[Maine-ah]

29. phooey on you

massholes can't drive, and your state smells funny.;)

:P

[zippy890]

64. That's right

we don't tolerate homophobes here,

and we like our senators democratic, REAL democrats.

and its Red sox:thumbsup:
Yankees::thumbsdown:

[name not needed]

7. We don't have to pump our own gas

Well, at least us New Jerseyans.

[Reverend_Smitty]

8. that is reason enough for me never to leave the state!

hell if I'm paying $2.40 a gallon, I may as well have a service preformed, every now and then I get a gas station attendant who will wash my windows with that little squeegee thing

[DS1]

11. and should you catch on fire at the gas station

there's always someone close by with a tur

nevermind

[XemaSab]

9. California will kick your sissy asses

We have seasons. Two of them to be specific. The summer is hot and the winter is cool and rainy.

We have no fall foliage, so we spend the time y'all spend raking thinking about better ways to kick your asses.

We get mellow, gentle rain storms in the winter frequently punctuated by cool, breezy, sunny days that are BEAUTIFUL beyond anything that it's in your stunted, northeast capacity to experience.

Seafood= Salmon, crab, trout, tuna, and all kinds of rockfish are found here. Did I mention the salmon?

We have many, many sports teams, one or more of which usually makes it to the finals in football, baseball, or basketball.

Gas stations open all night.

Bars open until 2. Smoke free, too. You can pickle your liver without killing your lungs.

Hard liquor sold at 7/11.

You can get through school without having to learn about shit like the thirteen colonies. Isn't that bad luck, to found a nation with 13 colonies?

Adequately pissed off every day... and with the meth and assault weapons to follow through on our anger!

California Liberals... Bolinas, Arcata, Berkeley... also we have better weed than you do!

There are many other reasons, but this settles it. California rules. Where you come from sucks.

[Maine-ah]

31. hehehehehehe

until you have had the Islesboro Purple, you ain't had nothin' baby!!

and we have...(do do duuu) HEMPSTOCK!!! Held in northern Maine every year!!!

we have
*smoke free bars (bastards)

*gas stations open all night

*waaaay better seafood than you, can't beat a Maine Lobster (and you
guys pay out the nose for it LOL!)

* (13 Colonies) if you don't know your nation's history, than you don't know nothin'

*Hard liq. sold at grocery stores that are open 24/7

*I don't give a shit about sports teams

*fall foliage, you're missin' out bud..it's beautiful, and people come from all over the country to see it, and dump money into our economy for it.

*LOW CRIME

* WE ARE THE BLUE STATES UNITED, you folks are pretty isolated in that department, eh.....
;-)

On Edit:
holy shit, I only have four more posts to go until I hit 1000, and I have to go....shit, shit, shit.... I'll be back (to quote your govenator....) at least we don't have AHNOLD.....

[Silverhair]

10. Your summers are NOT hot. Warm - sometimes, but never hot.

You rarely get hurricanes, and those are almost never above a category one. Whatever you may be talking about, (probably Northeasters) it is NOT a genuine hurricane. For an idea about them, please look at Dennis in the Gulf now. I once lived in Biloxi, MS and have been through several REAL hurricanes.

I have been up there for your winters and can do without them. I have seen FROST up there in early September. According to the calendar that is supposed to still be summer. And I have seen snow in May - supposedly spring. You have winter, and a kind of thaw in the middle of the year.

Your fall foliage is really nice. It is worth a vacation trip to see it.

We have 24/7 gas and all night convenience stores that sell beer.

Maine seafood is good. Lump that in with the fall foliage for a vacation.

Things I would miss:

Rodeos

Wide open spaces

Cheaper gas

Less restrictive firearms and self-defense laws.

Generally less meddlesome local gov't.

[The Blue Knight]

12. Midwest $$$$$$$

[Misunderestimator]

14. Winter in the NE lasts 9 months... who are you trying to fool?

:silly:

[TK421]

15. Truer words were never spoken....

[El Fuego]

18. We have four seasons in South Florida too.

They're the opposite of yours, since the winters are glorious and the summers are hot, not much hotter than yours, but it's our "off season" since the winters are so awesome. Also, there are thunderstorms every afternoon in the summer. There a fall and spring too, you just have to be attuned to the changes.

And seafood???? Where can you get better fresher seafood than Florida???

[Renew Deal]

20. You can get fresher seafood

in Ipswitch, MA and all of coastal Maine.

[yewberry]

28. Oh, I do miss Ipswich.

I worked there for years, and my mom is from Ipswich.

(*pining for the way the coastal mist drifts into Ipswich on cool autumn nights*)

[Kathy in Cambridge]

35. And Cape Cod-best oysters are from Wellfleet MA

[dajoki]

22. george washington slept here

i think every NE state can say that.:bounce:

[Allenberg]

23. The northeast is indeed supreme to just about anywhere

else on earth, to hell with America.

[DemBones DemBones]

34. So how come so many of you move down South

for jobs or retirement? No jobs up there? Too much snow?

[Kathy in Cambridge]

36. Slower pace of life and warm weather

the Northeast is a good place to be if you're education or career minded and don't mind the dog-eat-dog attitudes.

[jandrok]

24. Good for you. Please stay there.

We have seasons in Texas, too, they're just all called Summer.

We have Tex-Mex food, you don't.

Bars are open until 2am or later here.

Beer is sold at every convenience store on every corner.

Gas stations are 24/7/365 here.

Whole Foods started here.

We have EXCELLENT coastline with fantastic seafood.

Spurs, baby, Spurs.

Dubya was born in the NE, from a family of stuck-up NE old-money blowhards.

You DO have some great beer up there, though. If I haven't pissed you off too badly, maybe you could hook me up with some of the Brooklyn Brewery's most excellent brews!

You guys can't help it if you feel the need to lash out at other states because of your inferiority complex. Hell, man, Delaware would just be another Houston suburb if it were down here. You could fit all of New England into the borders of Texas and still have room for Detroit.

[Maine-ah]

32. He may have been born here

but he belongs to you now....

[jandrok]

48. Oh no he don't.

Unfortunately he belongs to ALL of us now.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

37. You call that seafood in Texas?

apparently you've never had Maine lobster, Ipswich clams, or Wellfleet oysters.

We've got plenty of real Mexican restaurants up here in the Northeast, but not Tex-Mex. And Texas BBQ is to die for! I went to the Salt Lick once and was in heaven!

[XemaSab]

41. Lobster is overrated

and lobster rolls are overrated.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

42. Says you

lobster is the nectar of the gods.

[XemaSab]

44. Lobster is the

cockroach of the sea.

[Seabiscuit]

52. "My cockroach is bigger than your cockroach"

Yours must be the kind you find under the kitchen sink. :0)~

Lobster, lobster bisque, anything with lobster... yummmmmmmm!!!

[jandrok]

47. The Salt Lick is quite good.

You need to get on down here to Lockhart, The Barbecue Capital of Texas, and we'll show you how it's REALLY done. I'll set you up with a big ol' plate of ribs and sausage, washed down with a cold Tecate or Big Red....YUMMMMMMMM!

Tex-Mex is indeed it's own distinct style of cuisine, very different from Mexican food. I applaud your ability to distinguish between the styles.

Seafood here is also distinctly different thatn what you'll find in other regions. We like a lot of shrimp and lobster, scallops and fish...fried usually, but not always. When we lived closer to the coast, it was not unusual to head on down and buy shrimp right off of the boats when they came in. Good stuff.

[GOPisEvil]

55. Yeah, but our shrimp is better!

So's our redfish.

To hell with this arguing, let's get a fish fry/clam bake going! :9

[jandrok]

63. Now THAT'S some good ol' Southern hospitality.

I do declare. Ya'll bring some of those good NE beers down here, and we'll set up the pit. (The BARBECUE pit, guys).

[Blue_In_AK]

40. You could fit all ofTexas into Alaska TWICE (and still have room

for Detroit). Nyah nyah nyah.

[jandrok]

46. LOL...Uh, well........yeah......

How the hell am I supposed to counter THAT! But we still have better Tex-Mex.

[swag]

25. Sounds plausible. But really, who gives a shit?

[UrbScotty]

27. Michigan's Governor is better looking than Massachusetts's, though.

:D

[Seabiscuit]

54. California's governor can't even pronounce the name of the state.

[Blue_In_AK]

30. Alaska rules...

We're all that and much more -- except for the baseball part, and who cares? Baseball's boring.

[DemBones DemBones]

33. I'm in a conservative area of a red state in the South, but

the bars are open past midnight, the gas stations are open past 9 p.m., and you can buy beer at 7-11.

We have fall foliage, some years better than New England's, and we have four seasons, though the winters aren't as cold as they were in the past -- bet yours aren't, either. We rarely have to shovel snow or deal with slush.

We get seafood off the Southern Atlantic coast AND the Gulf coast, plus we can get crawdads! I don't think you catch shrimp in the NE and I LOVE shrimp, don't like lobster. Bet you can't get catfish and hushpuppies, either.

Good thing we're both happy where we are. :7

[Kathy in Cambridge]

38. I can always count on you and DS1 for some good flame-inducing fun!

:hi:

[yvr girl]

39. Yes, but this just scares me

[RPM]

49. holy shit

wheres that?

[VTMechEngr]

43. Virginia. This place is Great, I'll really miss it for connecticut.

This is Norfolk way, Y'all. Lot different here then NorVa.

We have 4 seasons: Hot Hot Hot muggy summers, warm Fall, Cool Fall, then a warm spring. One time we actually had to look at this white stuff falling from the sky. We southerners knew just what we had to do as we aimed our cars for the nearest telephone pole or tree.

Southern Pine biotches! Who needs a rake:P

Hurricanes create great light shows as the transformers blow up and make the sky indigo green for a few seconds.

Seafood - Oysters, The best damn crabs, Flounder, Bass that actually fight back against the pole, and other sea fish.

Yeh, go .... Huh, working on that.

Gas stations open all night.

Bars open till 2am. Beer from the grocery stores.

one of the last 4 hold-outs of the 13 colonies to sign Constitution. But we provided several presidents.

Right to carry a gun on you openly without permit.

Virginia Democrats. The hardened people who stare down fundies all day and still got a Democrat elected Governor.

Yeh. Go Hampton Roads/Tidewater.

[SOteric]

45. You're absolutely right. The NE is much better than Western Washington.

So please don't pack up your caboodle and move here like all those rich, famous, and powerful people do when they find out what it's really like. It's awful. You wouldn't like it. Stay home.

:hi:

[GOPisEvil]

50. I'm coming anyway.

I may not stay, but I'm visiting.

Then again, I've been once, and you're right. It was awful. Horrific. My eyeballs bleed at the memory.

[Seabiscuit]

51. "The North East" was one of the 13 colonies???

I thought NE stood for New England.

:thumbsup: Red Sox
:thumbsdown: Yankees

[ikojo]

56. Fewer fundie Christians?

I am wondering....surely there can't be as many fundies in Mass or NY as there are in MO and other red states.

[Joey Liberal]

58. You forgot to mention the best looking women

New England by far has the best looking women on the planet. And you can also by Devil Dogs there - the best junk food ever:)........

[kodi]

59. because up there the women have more body hair than the men?

if you like that sort of stuff go for it.

[peacefreak]

61. What's the difference between a Maine woman & a moose?

the woman wears a plaid shirt. (opps--sorry. I'm gonna burn in Maine hell for that one).

[SarahB]

67. I think not!

:grr:

[kodi]

68. Miss North East, 2005

[Burma Jones]

60. Well, This is Maryland and.......

I've lived in Boston and the Hudson Valley. I was happy in each place.

We in Maryland have the same four seasons, but the snow that falls in November isn't still on the fucking ground in March.... The Summers are nasty, I way prefer New England Summers. But I've gone through 30 days in winter with the temps never going over 20 - and that blows.

We have Foliage too, not as spectacular as Vermont, or a Hudson Valley Hillside, but still, pretty rocking.

Seafood - We have the same as you, although we have cheaper Crab and you have cheaper Lobster.

Baseball??? - Well the Nationals are doing well these days and, if you're old enough, you can remember when the Orioles riuled...

Football??? - The Patriots have now won as many Super Bowls as the Redskins. But we still have the Ravens and memories of the Colts...

College Sports - We have the ACC. You have UConn and that great pass from Doug Flutie.

24 Hour Gas Stations

7/11s everywhere, not all sell beer though

Bars close at 3:00 on Weekends

I would say that Virginia was the most influential of the original thirteen colonies.

We're pretty pissed off ourselves, but your accents make you sound angrier.

[theoldgeezer]

65. I used to come from here

And this beats all...



Montana.


I live here now...









Face it... the Northwest is best :)

[El Fuego]

69. IF THE NORTHEAST IS BETTER, WHY ARE THEY ALL IN FLORIDA?

EVERYONE in South Florida is from the northeast. Don't they know that Bleachers7 says it's better up north? What are they doing down here causing all this overdevelopment and congestion?

YANKEES
GO
HOME!

Listen to Bleachers7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bleachers7 knows!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NewJeffCT]

70. in Mass, gays can marry, in VT & CT, they can have civil unions

that's something the Northeast has over the rest of the country...

Many of the best public school systems in the country in Mass, CT, & NJ. (don't know about the rest of New England, upstate NY or eastern PA...

Broadway

I'm pretty sure the Boston area has some of the best hospitals in the country.

The Ivy League & MIT

[all.of.me]

71. i come from the ne, but now i am in the sw, because...

...i hated the hot summers and cold winters. if it's 90, it's a heat wave, but nights are always below 50. if it's 0, it's a cold spell, but the days are always at least 20.

there are four seasons in nm.

it's never cloudy for more than a day, but usually only for a few hours.

it doesn't get dark until 5 in winter, and that is only for a few days, then the days get longer really fast.

the county i live in has 10,000+ dems, 3,000+ repubs.

bars open past midnight.

beer sold at gas stations (what sense does that make?! don't drink and drive!)

nobody here is pissed off every day. i personally don't see the purpose of that.

i think ne sucks. that's why i left.

;)

[IntravenousDemilo]

73. And then there's Canada. nm

[tarkus]

74. I say it's about time someone pointed these things out.

No other region can compete.