Some of us are here on the west coast. My grandfather, first child born on American soil, grew up in Seattle ‘because it looks just like Norway.’ They worked hard, they lived in a soddie, they did NOT suck off the public teat, they did not whine and snivel about what they were owed, but they embraced the concept of freedom.
More or less ditto—I had four great grandparents who settled in Oakland California—sailors, fisherman, and longshoremen.
My grandfather too but Port Angeles not Seattle.