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If you're talking "western U.S." as opposed to "eastern U.S.," I would agree with the line Alki describes as that's a nice and reasonable dividing line. If you're talking about "the West," I think either grapico's line or a line that followed the eastern borders of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico, with the New Mexico state line extendind south into Texas to include "Trans-Pecos" Texas.
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West of I-25 (Albuquerque Denver, Casper, WY) and up thought the middle of Montana. Pretty much where the prairies end. St. Louis, KC, and Fort Worth are all designated western gateways, but I always associated the west with natural superlatives thus where the Rockies begin.
If you're talking "western U.S." as opposed to "eastern U.S.," I would agree with the line Alki describes as that's a nice and reasonable dividing line. If you're talking about "the West," I think either grapico's line or a line that followed the eastern borders of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico, with the New Mexico state line extendind south into Texas to include "Trans-Pecos" Texas.
Correcting myself. THAT designation is what I meant! LOL
This map -- as part of a larger Wikipedia article does a pretty good job of seperating the "western" as opposed to "eastern" United States, with "The West" clearly indicated in terms of a true region.
most people i know from our neck of the woods would say anything east of the rockies is not west by any means
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