# East or West? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 15, 2011, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550 "2011-06-15T12:25:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/1 "2011-06-15T12:25:13Z")
I am curious. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/2 "2011-06-15T12:33:11Z")
I thought East was East and West was West? Are there memos I’m not getting? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/3 "2011-06-15T12:42:56Z")
I’m not a Wabbit, I need some West. The West is best. Go West Yung man. No West for the weary. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/4 "2011-06-15T12:51:47Z")
I endure the East Wind, but I do not ask it for tidings. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/5 "2011-06-15T12:56:26Z")
West. They talk funny in the East. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/6 "2011-06-15T13:19:02Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > West. They talk funny in the East. East. The drives are shorter. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/7 "2011-06-15T13:30:15Z")
USA: East, but more like Southeast Planet: West, according to popular literature and Politics Indian: West (woo-woo) East (dot) Other reference points: It depends ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/8 "2011-06-15T13:32:37Z")
Hmph. North-south hater. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/9 "2011-06-15T13:56:54Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > Hmph. North-south hater. The east will rise again. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/10 "2011-06-15T14:04:47Z")
East is where feast is, West is all waste. This is what I hear. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/11 "2011-06-15T14:11:23Z")
Was this one of the lifestyle questions used in the Republican debate the other night? ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/12 "2011-06-15T14:17:06Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > East. The drives are shorter. It’s also more crowded, and the terrain is boring. Give me the west, with its snowy mountains and redrock deserts. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/13 "2011-06-15T14:28:13Z")
> [@Mr\_Downtown](#): > > Was this one of the lifestyle questions used in the Republican debate the other night? 😃 (Wins the thread!) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/14 "2011-06-15T15:04:44Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > It’s also more crowded, and the terrain is boring. Give me the west, with its snowy mountains and redrock deserts. Oh, it’s beautiful out there. But you can’t get anywhere with less than a 6 hour drive. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/15 "2011-06-15T18:57:10Z")
My husband, who is from south-central Asia, uses the terms, “dot Indian” and “feather Indian”. I’m not comfortable using either term so I say, “Asian Indian” and “Native American” (or sometimes “First American” if I want to annoy Dittoheads :D). ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/16 "2011-06-15T19:08:26Z")
The West is the best. Get here, we’ll do the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/17 "2011-06-15T19:16:27Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I endure the East Wind, but I do not ask it for tidings. Man, you are missing all the best gossip… ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/18 "2011-06-15T19:17:50Z")
It’s the edge of the world and all of Western civilization The sun may rise in the East At least it settles in the final location ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/19 "2011-06-15T19:20:15Z")
I think it was Gallagher who had a bit about moving west. “And when we couldn’t go any further… we built piers!” ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/20 "2011-06-15T19:22:39Z")
West. West of the Mississippi West Coast Western Hemisphere Western Civilization Adam West West. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550.md?page=2)