What % East Coast Are You?

By: Zoe Samuel
Estimated Completion Time
6 min
What % East Coast Are You?
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About This Quiz

From Maine to the Florida Keys, the East Coast of the United States is a vast land of many local cultures, some rivals, each distinct from the other, but all sharing certain similarities. The Southeast is a land of old traditions, a mix of great and terrible history, a place of manufacturing, agriculture, and ideas. The Northeast is New England, where the old ways of the old world evolved, giving America some of its finest thinkers, most feverish sports fanatics and the Salem witch trials. The East Coast, like America, is a land of contradictions, with great wealth and poverty, brilliance and ignorance, sophistication and guilelessness.

The East Coast contains the center of the financial universe and the nation's capital. It has some of the best teams in sports, some of the biggest factories and some of the hottest places for startups. Its history extends back to the days of the colonies, of Washington and Franklin, and it endures weather patterns unlike any other place in the world, with incredibly hot, humid summers, frigid winters and storms so huge, they can paralyze the world's airlines.

Living on the East Coast for even a little while will imbue one with something of the area's ways. Being born there can mean a lifetime's worth of east coast is crammed into one's personality. Find out how east coast you are, with this quiz!

Andre Dawson 24
WikiCommons by guano
Do you get worked up during the baseball postseason?
More than during a presidential election!
Yes, I wear a lucky rubber band on my wrist!
I certainly pay more attention to it that time of year.
No, I don't care either way.

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Statue of Liberty
Pixabay by Ronile
Lady Liberty is an icon. How many times have you visited her?
At least six times
Three of four times
Twice, on school trips
I've never been to the Statue of Liberty.

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Food
Chan Walrus via Pexels
How good is the food where you are from?
It is the best in the world!
It's pretty excellent!
For this kind of place, it's good.
It's awful!

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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Jurow-Shepherd / Paramount Pictures
How many movies are there about the place where you are from?
I can't come up with that number because it's so huge.
A lot. A few dozen at least!
One or two, sure
None!

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Q25 Oscar Winner
South_agency/DigitalVision Vectors/GettyImages
How often do you need to adjust your plans because a movie or television show is shooting in your neighborhood?
A few times a year. I'm used to it.
Once every year or so. They put a lot of money into the area, though, so I'm not upset.
Only once!
Never

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hurricanes
WikiImages / Pixabay
How do you prepare your home for hurricanes?
I board it all up and build a little levee around it.
Duct tape on the windows, sandbags around low ground, and get all the valuables upstairs!
I buy some canned food and hunker down!
I don't bother doing anything.

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Grey sweater
Rawpixel.com via Pexels
How much of a change is it for your wardrobe when the seasons go from summer to winter?
Almost all of it! How I could wear any of it in the wrong season? It'd be out of fashion!
All of it! The weather is so different season to season, I couldn't wear clothing that was too warm or too cold!
I break out the jackets and coats, but not much else.
I don't need to change much, just pick different items already hanging in my closet.

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The Shy Date
Image Source / DigitalVision / Getty Images
How much do you need to spend to see a movie in the theater?
I might have to delay paying the light bill.
The better part of a week's check
I need at least some overtime to afford it.
Not much. Tickets are cheap.

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Mariachi
Codo via WikiCommons
You're on a train. A mariachi band just finished playing and left for the next car. A panhandler gets on. What do you do?
Nothing. I just keep reading my book like I always do. Why?
I peek up at the panhandler for a moment but try hard not to make eye contact.
I awkwardly put in my headphones and pretend not to hear what's going on.
I give him some money, of course!

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Q16 beat the Patriots
Unsplash by Ameer Basheer
How many people can be seated in your local stadium?
Almost a hundred thousand!
Sixty thousand!
Forty thousand people!
A few hundred

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Wicked
WICKED The Musical via Youtube
How far from you are major stops on internationally touring musical acts?
A stone's throw. Literally.
A short walk
A couple stops on the local public transportation
I have to drive for a few hours.

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Rate These Auto Brands and We'll Guess What Car You Drive 2
Massimo Calmonte/Moment/GettyImages
How do you prepare your car for the winter?
Snow tires
I pack some kitty litter in the trunk.
I get chains and everything else possible!
My car's all-wheel drive system will be enough.

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Highway
Pixabay by John Howard
What is your relationship with I-95 like?
I love it. I hate it. It's like my health.
Like my job, I wish I could do without it, but can't.
It's fine, most of the time.
I never drive it.

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Florida
Pexels by Michelle Clement
What time of year have you gone to Florida for vacation?
The dead of winter
The holidays
Early autumn
Spring break

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The Junk Food Identification Quiz 3
Pixabay / Pexels
How far from home need you go before the quality of food falls off very suddenly?
Five miles
Ten miles
Twenty miles
I don't think there's anything special about the distance!

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Virginia
Sky Noir Photography by Bill Dickinson / Moment / Getty Images
What must one keep in mind about speeding in Virginia?
It's a felony called "reckless driving by speed."
The cops are all mean about it. No excuses.
You don't need to worry about it much because you're probably not going to spend much time there.
You should speed there because the roads are good for driving!

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New York City
Wiki Commons by Detroit Publishing Co. / U.S. Library of Congress
What part of New York City has the best Italian food?
Arthur Avenue in The Bronx
The east shore of Staten Island is dotted with them.
There are some great Italian restaurants in the theater district.
Little Italy, of course!

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Q30 - help
gremlin / E+ / Getty Images
What is the most important thing to have in your car in a New England winter?
Folding cardboard boxes
Chains
People to help push
Canned food

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Miami
© Allard Schager / Moment / Getty Images
When can you expect the weather to drop below a high of 80 degrees in Miami?
Not until winter. You'll find it still gets up there in November.
I think it might actually get above 80 in the winter.
Isn't it always like that?
Florida never drops below 90!

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Watching sports
[ Newton Daly] / [DigitalVision] / Getty Images
How do you feel about the people two states over who root for another professional sports team?
Hey, everybody needs a villain, right?
Those b*stards!
I get angry just thinking about their team's logo!
I can't sit near them at all!

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What Kind of Redneck Woman Are You 1
Wiki Commons by MarkScottAustinTX
Where is the Redneck Riviera?
It's not on the East Coast, that's for sure.
That sounds made up to me.
Isn't that Virginia Beach?
It's in Florida, right?

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Japan
WikiCommons
If you were planning a short international trip, where would you want to go?
Montreal!
Paris!
Japan!
New York City!

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Florida
Pexels by Tookapic
Why would you want to split your time between Florida and the Northeast?
Tax incentives for residency in Florida
Same time zone
I have family in both places.
I like Orlando's attractions and I like the Pats!

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Kentucky
n/a
What state is due east of Kentucky?
That depends. Mostly West Virginia.
Ohio!
Virginia!
Where is Kentucky?

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Team Photo
Kokomo High School Via WikiCommons
How many famous people went to your high school?
I've lost count.
At least a dozen
One or two
None that I know of

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Moving
[Warchi] / [E+] / Getty Images
What were the circumstances that brought your family to the East Coast?
My grandparents don't like talking about that.
I think there was a war or something.
My father got a job here a few years back.
My family doesn't live there!

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Biltmore estate
Doug Coldwell via Wiki Commons
What did you think of the Biltmore Estate?
It's amazing, but one tour is probably enough.
It's a real window into the time of the robber barons.
It's so pretty! I wish I lived there!
I don't even know what that is.

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Philadelphia eagles
Philadelphia Eagles
How would you complete the sentence "Philadelphia sports fans are ________"?
The worst. And I say it with love.
Pretty intense ...
Just like they appear in "It's Always Sunny".
Likely to like the Phillies?

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Alaska
iBrotNano / Pixabay
What do you do when you go to the ocean?
Stay out of it!
Body surfing
Sailing
Surfing!

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Evening News
Wiki Commons by Evening News
How do you get your news?
The radio on my commute, which takes forever!
I read the newspaper in the morning.
I get it in my RSS feed.
I get it on social media.

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