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We asked the BuzzFeed Community to stock the civilization shocks they experienced aft moving betwixt the East and West Coasts. Here's what they had to say:
1. "I moved from New York City to Los Angeles. Having the aforesaid upwind each time and having to thrust everyplace was a civilization shock. I had nary thought what clip of twelvemonth it was since it was ever 70 degrees. I besides had my licence successful NYC but beauteous overmuch ne'er drove but occasionally erstwhile visiting my hometown. I had to bargain a car successful California and I retrieve the archetypal clip it rained. I had lived successful LA for astir 4 to 5 months without rain, and past it started to downpour portion I was connected the freeway. I freaked retired and had to propulsion implicit due to the fact that I had nary thought however to crook connected the windshield wipers."
2. "I grew up successful New York, but moved to Hollywood successful my precocious twenties (around 2007). It was a existent civilization shock. You had to support moving your car connected your thoroughfare for thoroughfare sweeping. Plus the houses, adjacent tiny and ugly, outgo millions."
3. "The prime of antithetic types of nutrient was surprising. The Mexican nutrient is wholly disconnected the charts present compared to what you find connected the East Coast."
4. "I grew up successful California and Oregon. During the pandemic, I moved to Atlanta to service with Americorps. I was wholly unprepared for however antithetic it would be. It was similar different country. I got an flat 2 miles from wherever I worked expecting to thrust my motorcycle to work, but that ended up being intolerable due to the fact that it was conscionable freeways successful between."
5. "People successful California were truly passive-aggressive and that was however they utilized humor. Now I unrecorded connected the East Coast, radical are overmuch much nonstop and conscionable archer you however they truly feel."
6. "I moved from the Southern East Coast to the Pacific Northwest. I've been present implicit 4 years and inactive hatred being expected to ever instrumentality my shoes disconnected whenever I participate someone's home. In the South (at slightest the information I'm from), unless you virtually conscionable walked done mud oregon snow, wiping your shoes disconnected connected some the exterior and interior doormats arsenic you participate is plenty. There, if you don't elite to instrumentality your shoes off, a big asking you to bash truthful borders connected insulting. Here, it's expected, play (and careless of weather). But often my feet are acold without shoes, it throws disconnected my outfit, oregon I honestly conscionable don't consciousness comfy going barefoot oregon sock-footed successful idiosyncratic else's house. Four years successful and I inactive hatred that it's the norm here."
—Anonymous
7. "How tiny immoderate states are. I retrieve hopping connected a bid and being successful a wholly antithetic authorities 20 minutes later. I'm from California and you tin hardly get to the Valley successful 20 minutes."
8. "After 20 years successful Pennsylvania, I moved to Southern California. I figured retired truly rapidly a fewer things I ne'er realized astir being an East Coaster. Things I tin admit and miss is being existent and truly meaning what you say. Other things I americium gladsome to person adopted from the West Coast is being much laid-back."
—Anonymous
9. "I grew up successful California and Colorado and moved to the East Coast for college. It was a immense adjustment. Riding nationalist transportation, radical conscionable wouldn't speech to maine and I'm utilized to saying hello, bully morning, and talking to strangers. It felt precise acold and unfriendly. Plus, I missed driving my ain car astir and riding with friends. After college, I moved backmost to the West Coast sunshine, surf, and, tacos, and I'm truthful overmuch happier."
10. "I moved from Oregon to Maryland for work. The archetypal clip I drove successful Maryland was a nightmare. When I reached my destination I sat successful the parking spot and cried! East Coast drivers, particularly successful the DMV (DC/Maryland/Virginia) country are insane! I person ne'er been truthful tense portion driving. Fearless drivers with zero patience and ZERO qualms with letting you cognize that you request to move."
—Anonymous
11. "I'm a West Coaster successful South Florida. The nutrient is terrible. Most nutrient has to beryllium trucked in, and it's past its premier by the clip it gets here."
12. "I did acquisition civilization daze erstwhile I moved from the East Coast to the West Coast. Not having acold winters restored my atrocious health, it was amazing! The radical I met were truthful laid-back and the feeling of not being judged truly was a pleasure. Music, discovering much than conscionable working, and being jaded wholly changed my property for the greater. West Coast inactive beryllium the champion coast!"
13. "While not wholly coast-to-coast, I went from upstate New York to Arizona arsenic a child. I went from 4 chiseled seasons to possibly two. The biggest modulation was going from guaranteed achromatic Christmas to seeing Christmas lights connected our neighbor's cacti, and moving astir extracurricular mid-winter successful short-sleeved shirts."
—Anonymous
14. "I moved to Utah from the East Coast implicit a twelvemonth agone and I'm inactive getting utilized to the information that astir places aren't unfastened connected Sundays. Trying to devour retired portion moving errands connected a Sunday? Forget astir it, not going to happen."
15. "I moved from Pennsylvania to Colorado and was shocked to larn that radical had to h2o their lawns."
—Anonymous
16. "I knew it was going to beryllium blistery successful Southern California, but I was unprepared for however relentless the godforsaken vigor is. In the Mid-Atlantic we get immoderate alleviation from trees and rainfall. I truly missed the woods and having a bully rain."
17. "I precocious moved from the Seattle country to the Philadelphia area, and the passionateness the Philly folks person for their cheesesteaks is awe-inspiring. I didn't cognize however to bid 'a steak,' truthful I asked for mayonnaise and… it conscionable wasn't a bully scene."
18. "I miss immoderate of the nutrient we had successful California, similar In-N-Out and authentic Mexican food, but I don't miss the traffic, smog, and adjacent houses."
Did you acquisition immoderate civilization daze during your determination from the East to the West Coast (or vice versa)? Tell america astir it successful the comments!
Note: Some responses person been edited for magnitude and/or clarity.
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