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Hmmm.... interesting poll selections. Cincinnatti has got hills, definitely not mountains. Pittsburgh and Charleston WV have big hills, but not mountains.
Albuquerque has spectacular mountains on the edge of town, and Vancouver (very famous mountain setting) was missed.
Hmmm.... interesting poll selections. Cincinnatti has got hills, definitely not mountains. Pittsburgh and Charleston WV have big hills, but not mountains.
Albuquerque has spectacular mountains on the edge of town, and Vancouver (very famous mountain setting) was missed.
Yes Albuqurque has a nice mountain backdrop but I hear the panorama
around Las Cruces is even more impressive.
It's funny how some people dismiss Salt Lake City just because it doesn't have much of a downtown skyline. That's not the topic of this thread. SLC does have a spectacular mountain backdrop that many people ignore because it's, well, in Utah. There aren't many major cities where one can be in downtown one minute and on the slopes of a world-class ski resort 30 minutes later.
In addition, SLC is surrounded by mountains, literally. They're north of town, east of town, south of town, and west of town. They're inescapable.
Definitely. When I visit I am continually blown away at the massiveness and beauty of the mountains. In the winter they are brilliant white and sometimes look like they are floating above the clouds. In the summer they are covered with green. They loom and you can't escape them no matter where you are in SLC. In LA and other cities you almost have to be out of the city to see the backdrop.
Definitely. When I visit I am continually blown away at the massiveness and beauty of the mountains. In the winter they are brilliant white and sometimes look like they are floating above the clouds. In the summer they are covered with green. They loom and you can't escape them no matter where you are in SLC. In LA and other cities you almost have to be out of the city to see the backdrop.
How is that physically possible considering there are mountains within the city limits of Los Angeles?
I would say LA wins this one but the picturesque view is often toppled by nasty smog, so I'm going to hand it to Seattle. Denver also has a nice backdrop, but the mountains are too far away to make as much of an impact.
Yall are lucky Colorado Springs isn't on the list. Nothing can top a 14,000 foot Pikes Peak and Cheyenne Mountain in the backdrop.
I picked Knoxville because of, well, boosterism. But also because the mountains are at a distance it gives a sense of perspective. Same thing with Denver. The flatness in the foreground makes the mountains more striking.
How is that physically possible considering there are mountains within the city limits of Los Angeles?
When I have drove around "in" LA I didn't notice the mountains as much. In SLC you are set on the mountains so you are more aware of the mountains. The pictures of LA against the mountains are definitely stunning.
Salt Lake has some beautiful mountain views around their valley, there is no doubt about that fact, but if you live there, as I once did, you pay for it because that valley has some of the most polluted air in the USA during Winter inversions and Summer air pollution can almost be just as bad. It is like SLC Valley has more people than it is meant to have, but the local governments there push, push, push for more growth which impacts the air and general quality of life. I can think of almost a dozen other cities in the West that have mountain backdrops just as impressive or beautiful, it is all in the eye of the beholder.
Yes, the (SLC) winter inversion can be bad. Any large city will have issues with pollution. Las Vegas does not necessarily have an issue with cloud inversions, moreso with the wind kicking up dirt that traps pollution in the air. It kind hovers until we get rain to clear it out, which is...never?
LA and several CA cities top the list for most polluted cities. I think cities that are driving cities tend to be the most polluted. Although SLC tends to make the list; SLC's inversion is more of a geographical issue that occurs mostly in winter. Hopefully now that they are investing in public transit it will help alleviate some of the pollution.
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