No, not a single west-coaster in this thread has become "offensive" (even though you obviously meant "offended" lol)..
I recently went on a freakin H-Rollercoaster in NY/NJ with all your marvelous "#4" powder.. hahaha Yeah, it's #4 - and so is any other Heroin Hydrochloride preparation.l
It was definitely really good - I was lucky in getting bundle after bundle of good (6.5 and above in quality rated here on BL) stuff..
And I was feeling really indignant towards tar.. I was sick of the ridiculous cuts and gnarly acidity.. but the most hilarious thing happened.. I still had powder when I got back here to Cali.. So on the day I ran out of my precious east coast powder, I was introduced to someone who was getting "uncut" black tar.. meaning, it was the final product of the process they use in MX, and had never been cut, because the supplier is a supplier to suppliers hahah No regular "dealers" in that line-of-service..
I went home, fixed up a .2 of this "uncut" tar.. and bam - no burn, no pins/needles... only a smooth, beautiful high that couldn't be differentiated from powder - no joke, no competitiveness..
I seriously couldn't walk right.. even the 10 feet from the room I was in, to the back door to have a smoke.. I just kind of flopped onto the couch, halfway, and lay there, amazed that .2 of tar just fucked me up way more than 2 stamps, easily. I was already slamming 5 stamps at once, by the time I was done with them. They were the "Gotham City" and "FLOW" stamps.
Those of you who have had such bad, bad luck in finding good tar, I am sorry. I wish you could have found something better. Perhaps it really is proximity to the border.. I always hear that Norcal/Oregon/Washington tar is complete garbage, and it makes sense.