its the big cities. johnathan haidt talks about the psychology behind it. https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_the_moral_roots_of_liberals_and_conservatives

TLDR: collectivists collect. Individualists disperse.

I don't get the question. The east coast is the best coast, isn't it?

Good question. Climate sucks, food sucks, high taxes, high crime and lots of drug infested shit holes. Wondered this myself for years.

Closer to the European coastline where they can get more kids to molest?

I think many come here to go to school and then stay, college is the draw. I wish I had left.