Overall, the West coast has a much better climate. No 4 seasons, but also No extreme weather swings like long, bitter, cold freezing snowy winters and short, hot, suffocating humid summers. Pacific Northwest has a temperate/moderate/oceanic climate (lots of fog, rainy cool summers and rainy mild winters). the states of California, Arizona, and Nevada have a arid desert/Mediterranean climate. (basically warm and sunny weather all year long)
The east coast and midwest= continental climate so basically people there get dark, dreary and cold winters, rainy springs, cool falls, and humid suffocating hot summers. Much less humidity out west too. Midwest/Deep South/east coast summers are insufferable because of the high humidity.
Cali fall/winters : you chill on the beach, go to Napa valley for the wineries, festivals, road-trips, hikes, etc
NYC/Boston/philly/detroit/Cleveland/Minnesota falls and winters: you stay inside all the time and watch sports to carry you through the fall and winter.
California is the entertainment capital of America-a magnet for vain, fickle, superficial and beautiful men (
) and women looking to break into Hollywood and the music industry. I dont expect these people to follow sports religiously. California got more transplants than any other state except Florida and Arizona. So the transplants from out east will keep their sports loyalties and won’t be fans of the local teams(lakers, warriors, blazers, 49ers, Seahawks, sf giants, mariners etc)
And people in california seem more relaxed and casual about everything. Live and let live is their motto. They live in a region with plenty of open spaces, they are open minded, innovative and creative, they are easy going and chill, they live in large sprawling cities, they have a car culture, they love nature and their live and let live attitude bleeds into their sports fandom. Out east people are jampacked into tight, compact and densely populated urban areas, they use subway/metro/public transport more than cars, they are more guarded , anxious, bitter, close minded, aggressive, ambitious and have a fast paced approach to life, they love to live a hustle and bustle lifestyle. They are very busy people. And directly or indirectly people out east expect you to assimilate to their city's culture and fit in. East coast People dont like outsiders or people who are different than the norm. And these cultural traits bleed into their sports fandom.
The Pacific Northwest got a lot of the granola hiking hippies and many folks there seem to have a nirvana/grunge-like type mentality. They seem nihilistic, apathetic, cynical and detached from life imo. They view everything through the lens of irony.
So a lot of people in both west coast regions, from
Jump street, due to much more milder climate and much more casual cultural habits and mentalities are lacking the passion, the fervor and the dedication to follow sports teams religiously. There is no purpose and reward for them to follow sports. Sports fandom is not woven into west coast culture and sports there don’t serve as a common rallying and unifying point for communities. And the casual west coast mentality towards life spills over everything so cultish adherence to sports and deep unconditional loyalty to teams are not required and expected.
Pennsylvania is not a basketball state at the professional level and at the grassroots level. College level yes(temple, villanova) Sixers are the only nba team in the state. Pittsburgh doesn’t have a NBA franchise. 2 NFL teams(eagles and steelers), two MLB teams(phillies and pirates), two NHL teams(flyers snd penguins) In PA, outside of the Philly area, the pecking order of sports goes: football-baseball-basketball-hockey-wrestling. In philly its the eagles easily at the top
Then its the Sixers/phillies fighting for second place and the Flyers at the bottom
New jersey is football, baseball , basketball and hockey in that order. Even after 35 years of history and two straight trips to the finals in the early 2000s, The new jersey nets relocated to brooklyn anyway because of low attendance, lack of fans and lack of interest in the nba product. Also Most of the basketball fans in jersey are Knicks/Sixers fans. The new jersey devils of the nhl are very popular and enjoy strong support in the state. They have enjoyed a long period of success between 1993 and 2012, winning the stanley cup 3 times, making the finals 5 times ( losing two finals) and missing the playoffs only 2 times in 19 seasons of contention.
I dont know how revelant College sports are in jersey. Rutgers football and seton hall basketball seem to be popular but its a pro state through and through.
When it comes to professional sports fandom, north jersey is full of nyc sports fans and south jersey is full of philadelphia sports fans. Its logical because northern new jersey is close to nyc and south jersey is close to philly.
the pecking order of sports( grassroots, college and professional) in the midwest
Ohio: football, baseball/basketball, hockey
Iowa: football, basketball/ baseball, hockey
Michigan:football, hockey, baseball, basketball
Minnesota: hockey ,football, baseball, basketball
Illinois: football, baseball,basketball, hockey
Indiana: basketball, racing, football/baseball
Kansas: basketball, football/baseball, hockey
Wisconsin: football, baseball/basketball, hockey
Nebraska :football ,basketball, baseball ,hockey
Missouri : baseball football basketball hockey
North dakota : i dont know, football probably on top
South dakota: football probably on top
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)dominated the sports landscape and ruled the roost back then. Media and sportswriters were baseball/football first. As late as 1988, there were still nba playoff games on tape delay( game 5 of the WCF between the lakers and the mavericks, cbs showed the game live for Los Angeles residents but tape delayed it for the rest of the country….BTW 1995 marked the first time that all nba playoff games were televised nationally from coast to coast)
exclusive country clubs) decorum and traditions as much as money. You have to look the part, know the right people and actually belong. You can’t fake it until you make it because unlike the west coast elites, the east coast ones know and recognize their own and won’t accept new money into their gang as easily as west coast elites do.
a nba game wont do that
That point about the commissioner
