Being from the Midwest, I would say that I like that East Coast mentality, it's more direct. What you see is what you get.
I'd rather get a good clean laugh with good material, than an easy laugh by swearing or shocking. That's not clever or comedic, anybody can get a laugh that way, it's too easy.
I'm interested in people that don't always do the right thing, its much more akin to what I know about life.