The official Australian east coast home of the lowest form of scumbags, slutty girls and poor uni students who are constantly held back by the masses of elderly inhabiting the coast. Scumbags soon plan to rise up, kill everyone over 30 and turn the entire area into one giant shopping mall/club/bowling alley/JB Hi-fi

(1) Where people have no use for people.

Being from supposedly "rude" New England myself, after 20 years I still continually hear stunned CA natives who find folks elsewhere really do say "hi" on the street, talk to and even help strangers, lest remember them.

Granted the weather and nature (and I don't mean the women) here are unparalled. Yet other states have "distractions"; so why is this?

(a) Size and diversity.
(b) Not enough fires and 'quakes to bring people together.
(c) Gang-inspired fear of literally everyone else.
(d) Hollywood materialism.
(e) An I'm-here-for-my-dream, whatever that is, mentality.

This phenom is especially So-Cal.

(2) A culture without culture.

Unless culture means a surfboard or evangelism. Applies mostly to So Cal - for however gay and liberal, No Cal'ers, like New Englanders, take pride in local history, and do go to their hub city to enjoy it. L.A. also has history, museums, etc., but is worth the traffic and possibly a bullet? Most dont' think so or care to know.

(3) A great place to visit; a better one to leave. And it's not all Sacramento's fault. The baby-boomers and Prop 13ers said NIMBY to lower-cost housing before, knowing clutter and our crop-growing Mexicans lower property values. Many of their Young and Restless from a pathetic school system are now trying to keep up with the Joneses, buying SUVs and marrying real estate at the cost of family and sanity. The old, disabled, and clued-in have ...

In the past, the word prep was used to define those individuals priviledged enough to attend East Coast prepatory schools. However, more recently, the word prep has evolved to describe any individual who seems like they would be the type to attend a prep school. In most cases, today's preps had relatives who attended prep schools-- their families are legacies at these institutions. Contrary to popular belief, preps do not wear Abercrombie, Hollister, American Eagle, or similar clothing companies. In many cases, shopping at these stores would be seen as a waste of money (and a lack of good judgement). Instead, many preps choose to sport Ralph Lauren, Lacoste, J. Crew, Burberry, Lilly Pulitzer, and anything from Nordstrom, Saks, and Neiman Marcus. Loafers, boating shoes, designer sunglasses, and designer purses are also important. Casually, preps can be spotted wearing designer tees (Michael Stars/ C & C California), Uggs, Juicy Couture, Hard Tail, North Face, Rainbow, and jeans by True Religion, 7 for All Mankind, Rock & Republic, etc. Pearls are a must, along with jewelry by Tiffany & Company and David Yurman. Many preps enjoy sailing, golfing, playing tennis-- stereotypical prep activites. They are often members of a country club and use their time there to associate with other preps. Families of preps generally know each other. Many prep families will remain friends through the generations as they gather for charity benefits, dinner parties, and other social ...

Shitty beer from vermont. magic hat. dont drink it youll puke.everyone loves up because they are idiots fro new enlgand and everyone knows they have bad taste and alot of money to waste on microbrewed bullshit beer. some beers such as "circus boy" require shaking to mix up the nasty floaties but i dont know anything else about that beer beacause i just stopped and walked away when i was told that before opening the beer. ive had the other ones and yep they suck ass too.

Waverly woods is the best neighborhood and one of the most well known in howard county (hoco) well waverly woods drive is older and classier than the rest of waverly woods....the majority of waver woods has been built/being built since 1990 but really is shit compared to waverly woods drive, this is all except the waverly woods mansion which is like really old. Anyways, in waverly woods everyone has a shitload of money which they spend at stores such as Abercrombie and Fith, Hollister, and American Eagle, but who can blame them...they are the best stores ever. In the Waverly Woods village Shopping Center theres Weis, the best grocery store ever, a liquor store (kids in howard county never stop drinkingg), a chineese restaurant (waverly woods people dont eat at home), a nail place (always have to look perfect) a-semi expensive restaurant-Mangia's, some day care place, a Japanese restaurant, a dollar store thats going to be out of bisnuess soon, and some other place that no one goes to.
Kids of Waverly Woods go to Waverly Elementary, Mount View Middle, and Marriotts Ridge High school, the three nicest schools in the county while they're parents are off at work making money for them to waste at the Columbia Mall or Towson Town Center- imagine that.
So Waverly Woods, its the shit.

(Standards of Training and Certification of Watchstanders) or also informally known as 'Stuff The Coast guard Wants"

Bullshit certifications required of all Merchant Seamen before they can sail deep sea as either licensed officers or unlicensed crew. Despite the fact that having these certs does nothing to improve the competence of the mariner possessing them, and the fact that accidents still happen to this day despite them, the IMO (international maritime organization) and the U.S. government still shove them down our throats.

Training and certification is in 4 basic areas: Firefighting, Personal Safety/Sexual Harassment, Personal Survival, and First Aid.

Plastic tampon applicators. Particularly the old pink Playtex brand. These non-biodegradeable goodies were particularly prolific along the Mid-Atlantic coast in the '80s and '90s. Fortunately, you don't see them as much today.