I recently read a blog on Microsoft Edge, where poster stated “In & Out opening in the East Coast” exact headline. Turns out they were referring to new location in Tennessee–when did they become “East Coast”? East of Mississippi River maybe, but doesn’t anyone look at a map anymore? I could only shake my head. Hope this person doesn’t help their kids with geography
Two possibilities:
- AI-generated clumsy crap
- People are dumb
And, honestly, people not understanding U.S., geography, and misusing geographic terms, is nothing new.
I was thinking it might be a question of administrative regions for In & Out, and Tennessee was just lumped into the “East Coast” region.
But I googled it, and it turns out that it’s probably AI crap; apparently TN is the first location East of the Mississippi for In & Out, and it’s apparently a big deal because they apparently proclaimed at some past time that they’d never expand east of the Mississippi.
Get ready to be underwhelmed, Tennessee!
The first couple years we lived in Florida, the radio kept mentioning the West Coast but nothing about Los Angeles or Frisco. 
That’s at least better-justified than is calling Tennessee “East Coast.” Florida does have distinct east and west coasts, after all.
I went to high school in Northern Idaho, and I can’t think of a single person that couldn’t name five states. The absolute ignorance I see today is disparaging to the max.
It does, though its “west coast” is often called the “Gulf Coast,” and its “east coast” is often called the “Atlantic Coast,” probably to reduce confusion.
True. And there are any number of promotional names floating around to cause confusion (“Emerald Coast,” “Treasure Coast,” “Gold Coast,” “Sun Coast,” etc. etc.)
“Space Coast.” (Didn’t he have his own talk show? 
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Well, kind of (Space Ghost Coast to Coast --an excellent program!) But, yeah, “Space Coast” is one of the commonly-used location terms in Florida.
Actually, checking In N Out’s website, they already have four Tennessee locations. So I don’t know what the news is.
Googling, apparently their location in Franklin, Tennessee (the fourth in that state) only opened five days ago.
When we moved from the Boston area to Seattle and told people we were from Massachusetts, people asked if that was near Maryland. To them, anything east of Colorado was “back east”.
The fries are terrible. Sorry.
I’ve also seen “Third Coast” used.
And, yes, here along the Great Lakes, I’ve seen “Fourth Coast”.
Probably related to Lynsi Snyder, the CEO of In-N-Out. She and her family are moving from California to Tennessee. This has apparently led to speculation that she will move the company’s headquarters to Tennessee as well.
There’s nothing to apologize for in that statement. They are palatable when you order them Animal Style, though.
