I realized since I have arrived, I've done a fair bit of "comparing coasts". Comparing this unfolding new community/new life to the life I lived in Florida. And I would imagine that is like a mother comparing their children: each one a bit different, each one with its' own peculiarities, flavors, eccentricities. Each one with it's own gloriousness! However, unlike a mother, at first I was looking to see what was wrong with this coast. Unconsciously, anyway. I was low on funds on arrival, so the first scab I picked was financial awareness. The sales tax is so much higher here, the gas is so...