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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhere does the term "left coast" come from? I never heard it until I came here.
I've seen it used as part of people's Du names.
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Where does the term "left coast" come from? I never heard it until I came here. (Original Post)
raccoon
Apr 2012
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dmallind
(10,437 posts)1. look at a normal map. Which coast is on your left?
It's as basic as that.
Archae
(46,344 posts)2. Right-wingers like saying the East Coast is the "left coast."
Since so much of the East Coast is fairly liberal.
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)3. You're 180 degrees off there, Archae.
The West Coast is the left coast, thanks to California and it's crazy liberal ways.
Archae
(46,344 posts)7. I've heard it the same for New York and Washington, too.
Some right-wingers call any coast where anyone is to the left of Rush Limbaugh "Left Coast."
oneshooter
(8,614 posts)4. Don't forget "fly over country", all of us poor smucks that don't live on the east or west coast.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)5. That's when the kite is about to hit the tree on the left.
Poor Charlie Brown.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)6. And in a related matter, by far most of humanity live in the northern hemisphere.
That's why north is up on the globe and Oz is down under.