I came form California and I'm overweight. In fact I didn't take up swimming until again until I spent 3 years in Arizona. Now, there was a country club pool I could have swam there but I didn't. In fact in my area in Arizona there are public pools or health club pools as just are ready as there was in California. I think that many people back east are probably are into other sports more like figure Skating, in fact a top figure skater name Sasha Cohen went back there to get better coaching and a better facility. Also, just because Long Island isn't into swimming as much as the Pacific region doesn't mean they don't workout. Also, I enjoy indoor pools, something that both California and Arizona lack. The weather is not always rosy in either states. There are sometimes bad rain storms in California in the January or February period and Monsoon conditions in Arizona in the summer. The New Yorkers are a little wiser to built the indoor pools, in Tempe we had rain problems and the 800 was delayed until the next day and the 200 IM relays got cancel. Now back east and in the mid-west where pools are mainly indoors they could have continue on with the meet.
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Food, culture, entertainment... New York has it all. It's got to be one of the greatest cities in the world. Comparing NY to San Diego is just impossible. NY moves at light speed compared to San Diego. They are in totally different climates. NY is easily 25 times bigger. Basically what you are saying is you like a more laid-back atmosphere, a town big enough to be a city, but a city small enough to be a town. Which is great. But don't berate NY because you had a lousy experience. You just couldn't handle it. The city will chew you up and spit you out if you can't keep up. Expecting European nobility (or is it snob-ility) and civility from the best representation of American city-life is asking too much. And guess what... I'm sure they're just as glad as you that you left. While you're at it, if you keep moving farther west, eventually you'll hit France again.
Pardon my impatience with ungrateful residents of the US.
Food, culture, entertainment... New York has it all. It's got to be one of the greatest cities in the world. Comparing NY to San Diego is just impossible. NY moves at light speed compared to San Diego. They are in totally different climates. NY is easily 25 times bigger. Basically what you are saying is you like a more laid-back atmosphere, a town big enough to be a city, but a city small enough to be a town. Which is great. But don't berate NY because you had a lousy experience. You just couldn't handle it. The city will chew you up and spit you out if you can't keep up. Expecting European nobility (or is it snob-ility) and civility from the best representation of American city-life is asking too much. And guess what... I'm sure they're just as glad as you that you left. While you're at it, if you keep moving farther west, eventually you'll hit France again.
Pardon my impatience with ungrateful residents of the US.
