# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/21 "2011-06-15T19:23:11Z")
East is least, west is best. Declinate that bitches! ---
**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, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/22 "2011-06-15T19:28:05Z")
**Dahnlor** , I’ll see your Adam West and raise you a Clint Eastwood. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/23 "2011-06-15T19:47:58Z")
Anyone for Kipling? [QUOTE=Rudyard Kipling] Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth! [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/24 "2011-06-15T19:55:13Z")
The twain. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/25 "2011-06-15T20:07:04Z")
> [@](#): > > East or West? > Where’s the best for romancing with a friend, > I Could Smile > But with a lover I can hold my head back and really laugh, really laugh From: Joan Armatrading ---
**Author:** ![A.Gwilliam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@A.Gwilliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.Gwilliam)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/26 "2011-06-15T22:31:59Z")
East. What the hell is wrong with you people saying “West”? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/27 "2011-06-15T22:35:07Z")
We’re smarter than you, is what. West for the win. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/28 "2011-06-16T00:20:13Z")
West of the Mississippi. Barely. ---
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/29 "2011-06-16T00:35:26Z")
east side and west end. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/30 "2011-06-16T00:41:22Z")
West Staines Massive, innit? ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/31 "2011-06-16T01:50:09Z")
So far west I am oriented east. ---
**Author:** ![Soliloquy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Soliloquy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soliloquy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/32 "2011-06-16T02:33:59Z")
Almost west enough to be wading. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/33 "2011-06-16T03:04:06Z")
Go west ! Is life peaceful there? ---
**Author:** ![TheBoltEater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheBoltEater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoltEater)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/34 "2011-06-16T04:32:54Z")
West v. East = Best v. Least ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/35 "2011-06-16T04:33:10Z")
Eastern hemisphere is cooler. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/36 "2011-06-16T04:56:12Z")
East = Easterlings. West = Númenoreans. Go West! ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/37 "2011-06-16T07:20:38Z")
> [@Dahnlor](#): > > West. > > West of the Mississippi > > West Coast > > Western Hemisphere > > Western Civilization > > Adam West > > West. Clint\*\* East\*\*wood George **East** man 😃 They all lived in west ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/38 "2011-06-16T07:40:28Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Oh, it’s beautiful out there. But you can’t get anywhere with less than a 6 hour drive. This is a plus in my book. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/39 "2011-06-16T08:03:08Z")
Why not [both](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaV-S5ivX3E) :)? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-or-west/585550/40 "2011-06-16T08:08:55Z")
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