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[oyceter]

I was vaguely weirded out when the bus to long-term parking pulled in front of the international terminal, because when I looked at the front, all metal rods and glass walls, with large lettering proclaiming "San Francisco International Airport," I thought, "Oh good, I'm home."

Ohio is nice, and I had a good time there, all things considering, but something about the East Coast will just never feel quite right to me, I suppose.

Anyhow, I'm back ^_^.

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[stakebait.livejournal.com]

*blink* Ohio's not the East Coast. But I do know what you mean about sense of place -- when I get back to New York, even the air feels different. And when I was up visiting Montreal it was a lovely city, but I was very aware that it wasn't and would never be mine.

Though oddly, San Francisco always feels like it could be a home,even though I've never lived there. I think I orient towards certain things -- near water, liberal and funky attitude, not too slick, old buildings (by American standards). I always wondered if New Orleans would feel like that too.

[oyceter]

Yeah, but it feels much more like the East Coast to me, probably because of the vegetation and climate and whatnot. And time zone wise. And building-wise. I dunno, it's odd, but it feels like an entirely different country! I missed California mightily when I was there.

I adore cities and places and finding out what a place feels like.

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

Ohio is not the East Coast!

[oyceter]

No, but it feels a lot like the East Coast, what with the trees and the weather and the time zones and everything. And the buildings even remind me of NJ buildings, which is interesting.

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

Well it's certainly more East Coast than California. I was just like, "Dude, Ohio's practically Midwest. Sure it's not California, but it is not the East Coast." Though I've spent little time in Ohio or California so I don't have much of a sense of how either is like or unlike the East Coast. (And of course "East Coast" really means "Northeast," since the coastal sections of Southeast USA are rather different from those of the Northeast USA.)

[dherblay.livejournal.com]

Much of the east side of Cleveland is definitely the northeast and don't let anyone tell you differently. In fact, parts of Shaker Heights, Beachwood and Orange, properly considered, are located on Long Island.

[oyceter]

It's like how only some places in California feel properly "West Coast," and how Oregon and Washington, despite actually being on the west coast, doesn't feel west coast-like!