There has always been a long-standing debate about which side of the United States is 'better' than the other. Because saying that one place is better than the other is a subjective judgment, it's very hard to pinpoint the actual answer as to which is truly the superior place to live. But in my opinion, as biased as it may be, the East Coast is definitely the better of the two, for the following reasons.

1. The District of Columbia

Say what you want, but the location of a nation's capital seems fairly important. No place on the East Coast is more than 18 hours from the symbolic center of our country.

2. A variety of landscapes

The East Coast has every type of vacation spot you could possibly imagine. We've got big cities, mountain ranges, tourist beaches, snow slopes, farmland and even tropical areas down in the Keys. You've got a ton of choice in what type of vacation you'd like to take and you don't have to travel halfway across the country to find it!

3. Four *real* seasons

When you live on the East Coast, you can almost always expect to get tan in the summer and get hit by a snowball in the winter. But neither of them is so extreme that it's unbearable or uncomfortable. Of course, it gets warmer as you go further south and snow is more common in the north, but even Florida got snow in 2017.

4. No forest fires

In the past few years, the droughts on the West Coast have burdened them with extremely dangerous fires. While they are of course necessary in certain ecosystems, it's not fun when you've got a massive fire knocking at your back door.

5. Monumental monuments

The east coast is home to an innumerable amount of national monuments. Our nation was founded on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and therefore, the majority of our historic monuments and historic events were located here until civilization started to move west around the 1630s.

6. Amazing schools

While you have a few major colleges along the West Coast, CalTech, Stanford, UC (all six campuses), USC, and University of Washington, we have Harvard, MIT, Boston College, UPenn, Yale, Princeton, and SO many more. It's not hard to argue that the East Coast just has so much more to offer when it comes to university/collegiate education.

7. Little to no earthquakes

Earthquakes are an extreme rarity in the east and when they do occur, the most we get is a tremor. I'm sorry but the ground beneath you shaking does not sound like a fun time especially when it can cause significant damage and threaten lives. If that happened in my hometown more often than the Olympics, I would be packing my bags.

8. The best food EVER

Here we have a killer food selection at just about every interstate exit. We're the home of Chickfila, Dunkin Donuts, Zaxby's, Krispy Kreme, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, Hooters, Auntie Anne's Pretzels, Cracker Barrel, and Waffle House. Oh, and did I mention that all of those places were founded AND headquartered on the East Coast?

That certainly isn't the only eight reasons why the East Coast rocks, it's only scratching the surface. Of course, the West Coast does have its perks. But the East Coast is just better, no question about it.

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