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i'd have to say kansas or nebraska. they're both extremeley flat, no scenerey, and pretty much no one lives there.
as for what others said:
NV is a cool state with a quite a bit of history in its own small gold rush. not to mention vegas
MA is full of beautiful countryside. Boston is probably the most historical city in America. Harvard, Yale, MIT, Boston U, Boston C
OK. i guess its pretty bad but at least OKC and Tulsa are there
Apparently you have been to neither Kansas nor Nebraska. I have crossed Nebraska dozens of times. I enjoy looking at the farms and the farm animals, especially the baby animals. There are hills and the Platte River. Omaha is a vibrant city on the Missouri River. I have only crossed Kansas a few times, but the same can be said for it, (no Platte River, though). Kansas City is cool; parts of it are in Kansas.
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Well, I have lived in Washington nearly all of my life. We have beautiful scenery. However, beautiful scenery doesn't make a great state. We have horrible traffic, extremely high costs of living, lots of illegal immigrants, we're losing thousands of jobs to outsourced employees in India and Malaysia, most people can't afford to buy the American dream because of insane housing prices, close-minded liberals...but we do have the scenery...LOL As for me, my husband and I are moving to Indiana...I've visited it, and it is true they don't have mountains...but they have a lot of beautiful scenery and great housing prices as well as a low cost of living (22% lower than in Washington)...and the wages are comparable. People are much friendlier than in Washington too! (since they don't have all of the displace Californians... j/k...maybe.
Those photos of Kansas hardly qualify as hills in my opinion. The Smokey "mountains" are hills. The Rockies are mountains. The picture posted are plains with mild crevices.
No, the Smokey Mountains are very real mountains. The OZARK "mountains" are really just big cliffy hills THey may be cliffy but they are not real mountains. They aren't snowcapped and are mostly covered by dense forests of oak and hickory trees. They are very unique. I've never seen another place like it in the U.S. The culture of these hills is unique to only Missouri, "Where The Red Fern Grows" was written in the ozark mountains of Missouri. ThE Ozark foothills are a sight to behold as you leave St. Louis going to the south or southwest on either I-44 or I-55.
The OZARK "mountains" are really just big cliffy hills THey may be cliffy but they are not real mountains. They aren't snowcapped and are mostly covered by dense forests of oak and hickory trees.
Id agree that the Ozarks arent quite mountains, but they dont have to be snow-capped to qualify. There are mountains in AZ that are never snow-capped (Yuma area).
The most boring state in the US would have to be most of Kansas outside of the Flint Hills region, KC metro, and Wichita metro. The rural areas are in complete and total decay and are losing population extremely fast. Most areas of the state just came out of a seven year drought and it was quite severe. In the rural counties the most popular activities are antique collecting and other such activities. Ghost towns are everywhere and many small towns look like they have just emerged from the dust bowl era. Also, many houses are vacant and are practically falling apart with many that should be condemed. Their is a good reason why the average home prices are extremely low in these rural areas far removed from metro areas.
Hey, I like the Smokey "hills" (hehe) they are very pretty and there are some great waterfalls there- but having grown up in Oregon wher I am used to 10,000 ft. mountains jetting out of the ground, I just don't find them to be mountains. That picture of Kansas doesn't even qualify as hills- I've seen sand castles with higher elevations.
Granted, the Smokies don't offer the alpine experience of Oregon and other western mountains....but....if you ever hiked one of those Smokey Mountain hills, you might think of them as mountains rather than hills.
I once had a girlfriend from Canada who grew up hiking in the Canadian Rockies ( does anyone question the legitimacy of the Canadian Rockies claiming to be mountains? ) During her first visit to Pennsylvania she laughed when I called The Alleghenies....mountains. After a few hours of hiking she had a whole new respect for those little hills, and we had no more arguments about hills and mountains.
Truth be told....everyone's perceptions are unique and valid.
JakeDog
Granted, the Smokies don't offer the alpine experience of Oregon and other western mountains....but....if you ever hiked one of those Smokey Mountain hills, you might think of them as mountains rather than hills.
Great comments. I think this is true about everything, it's a matter of perspective and scale. When you're flying over mountains, it takes a lot to get your attention (Mt. Rainier, for example, is very dramatic from the air.) When you're driving, then you have a different scale for comparison and you see that the entire West is very mountainous and rugged.
But when you get out of your car, or at least get off the stupid freeways, and explore the mountains from the INSIDE --- from a human scale instead of from an aloof perspective, then you can experience "mountains" even in the smallest hills of the midwest.
That's why it's kind of sad to me that people put down places like Kansas and Nebraska when they've never even experienced those places. And beyond the subtle beauty of the land, there is a very dramatic beauty in the skies of the plains states that cannot be found in California. Most places have beauty if you look closely and don't just judge them from movies, freeways and airplanes.
That's why it's kind of sad to me that people put down places like Kansas and Nebraska when they've never even experienced those places. And beyond the subtle beauty of the land, there is a very dramatic beauty in the skies of the plains states that cannot be found in California. Most places have beauty if you look closely and don't just judge them from movies, freeways and airplanes.
I know what you mean. I recall a drive from Denver to Pennsylvania via I70, zipping along @ 80 mph. From that perspective, Kansas seems awfully boring. For a short section we left the freeway, got on to a Kansas state highway and drove a saner 50 mph. At one point we stopped and actually got out of the car. What a concept! I was amazed at the sound of the birds and the undulation of the land. It really was magical. Beauty is everywhere. We merely need to slow down, tune in, and become aware of it.
I'm currently living in Grand Junction, Colorado. One of the most appealing features of this location is the tremendously B-I-G sky.
I know what you mean. I recall a drive from Denver to Pennsylvania via I70, zipping along @ 80 mph. From that perspective, Kansas seems awfully boring. For a short section we left the freeway, got on to a Kansas state highway and drove a saner 50 mph. At one point we stopped and actually got out of the car. What a concept! I was amazed at the sound of the birds and the undulation of the land. It really was magical. Beauty is everywhere. We merely need to slow down, tune in, and become aware of it.
I'm currently living in Grand Junction, Colorado. One of the most appealing features of this location is the tremendously B-I-G sky.
regards...Franco
Cheers! I like those who stop and smell the roses. People dont know what theyre missing these days. And yes, parts of Kansas are very gorgeous.
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