Timezone-wise? Only downsides. Most of our business partners become more difficult to time-coordinate with, since there are fewer business hour overlaps.
Travel to Europe takes a lot longer.
Culturally, the West Coast is far more chill. Business on the East cost is very much still dominated by banking-style office politics: business casual is suits, or at least slacks and button-down shirts, there’s a lot of process, everything is serious. West coast is more laid back. I’m speaking in generalities, of course; corporate culture is driven by the corporation, but in general, the West coast has healthier work environments.
There’s less cultural interesting stuff on the West coast, but far more natural attractions (parks, activities, skiing, hiking, camping, etc etc). Everything is crammed together on the East coast - from Philadelphia you can visit NYC, Washington DC, Gettysburg, Williamsburg, all within 3 hours or less. You can get to Niagara within 6. From Portland, OR, it takes 4 hrs to get to Seattle, and a full 8-hour day to get anywhere interesting in California.
If you want a more relaxed life with access to vast amounts of incredible nature activities, West coast 100%. If you want to vacation in Europe and visit a huge number of amazing historical sites, East coast.
Excuse you, it doesn’t take four hours to get to Seattle, you just have to do like 90 miles an hour between like Kalama and Tacoma, like everyone else.
Honestly, the push-back on getting a high-speed rail line between Seattle and SF (or, even better, LA) is baffling. It’s all right there, in a straight line; everything in all three states hugs the coast (or the Valley, in OR). Seattle and Portland even have halfway decent metro systems once you arrive, and SF’s isn’t totally awful. LA’s is useless, but still; rent a car.
This. Grew up on the east coast with a go go go atmosphere and all that. Said screw this and moved out west. Sooooo much more relaxed. No one wears suits here at work. I’ll 100% never go back. I like to live, not work all the time.
Timezone-wise? Only downsides. Most of our business partners become more difficult to time-coordinate with, since there are fewer business hour overlaps.
Travel to Europe takes a lot longer.
Culturally, the West Coast is far more chill. Business on the East cost is very much still dominated by banking-style office politics: business casual is suits, or at least slacks and button-down shirts, there’s a lot of process, everything is serious. West coast is more laid back. I’m speaking in generalities, of course; corporate culture is driven by the corporation, but in general, the West coast has healthier work environments.
There’s less cultural interesting stuff on the West coast, but far more natural attractions (parks, activities, skiing, hiking, camping, etc etc). Everything is crammed together on the East coast - from Philadelphia you can visit NYC, Washington DC, Gettysburg, Williamsburg, all within 3 hours or less. You can get to Niagara within 6. From Portland, OR, it takes 4 hrs to get to Seattle, and a full 8-hour day to get anywhere interesting in California.
If you want a more relaxed life with access to vast amounts of incredible nature activities, West coast 100%. If you want to vacation in Europe and visit a huge number of amazing historical sites, East coast.
Excuse you, it doesn’t take four hours to get to Seattle, you just have to do like 90 miles an hour between like Kalama and Tacoma, like everyone else.
Then you hit the slowdown at JBLM that’s as inexplicable as it is dependable no matter the day or time.
YUUUUP
Curse the military-industrial complex, that’s reason #3,591!
Honestly, the push-back on getting a high-speed rail line between Seattle and SF (or, even better, LA) is baffling. It’s all right there, in a straight line; everything in all three states hugs the coast (or the Valley, in OR). Seattle and Portland even have halfway decent metro systems once you arrive, and SF’s isn’t totally awful. LA’s is useless, but still; rent a car.
Why can’t they get a high speed rail line done?
This. Grew up on the east coast with a go go go atmosphere and all that. Said screw this and moved out west. Sooooo much more relaxed. No one wears suits here at work. I’ll 100% never go back. I like to live, not work all the time.