[nknighthb]

What east coast culture? That was part of my point, the northeast is not the south is not the midwest is not appalachia is not the west is not the west coast... (And for that matter, there are at least four very different regions I could divide the west coast into.)

My brief description of the northeast would hardly be "bizarre", but probably "traditionalist", or "old world". Of course, New England and the mid-Atlantic are themselves quite distinguishable.

I didn't say we had "nothing" in common, any more than I would say I had nothing in common with a European, but it's hardly one culture.