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03-31-2009, 04:03 PM
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Would anyone in their right mind consider Denver a Midwestern city?
It's east of the Rockies (if just barely), and I have a friend from there and he says "rough" for roof, and has a few tiny cultural differences compared to me (I'm a west coastie).
I would say the Midwest begins EAST of Denver, but do any Denverites consider themselves more aligned with the Midwest than with the West Coast?
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03-31-2009, 04:13 PM
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I agree. Denver's not midwest. Heck Colorado's not even in the Central Time Zone.
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03-31-2009, 04:15 PM
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Denver is not a midwestern city. Usually people who call Denver a "midwestern" city are from one of the two coasts and are totally ignorant of everything in the middle of the country, often forgetting the existence of the entire mountain west region, lumping it all together. However I can see calling it "Middle America," as it IS a very middle-of-the-country kind of place culturally.
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03-31-2009, 04:16 PM
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We are considered the Mountain West or the West...
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03-31-2009, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by vegaspilgrim
Denver is not a midwestern city. Usually people who call Denver a "midwestern" city are from one of the two coasts and are totally ignorant of everything in the middle of the country, often forgetting the existence of the entire mountain west region, lumping it all together. However I can see calling it "Middle America," as it IS a very middle-of-the-country kind of place culturally.
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Certainly geographically, you are closer to the central than Chicago is, if not culturally .. |
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03-31-2009, 04:54 PM
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I consider Denver a western city. Nothing will change my mind on that.
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03-31-2009, 05:10 PM
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Nope. Denver is not a midwestern city. I came from the midwest. Denver is totally different.
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03-31-2009, 05:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vegaspilgrim
Denver is not a midwestern city. Usually people who call Denver a "midwestern" city are from one of the two coasts and are totally ignorant of everything in the middle of the country, often forgetting the existence of the entire mountain west region, lumping it all together. However I can see calling it "Middle America," as it IS a very middle-of-the-country kind of place culturally.
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Every person that's told me that has never stepped foot anywhere near Colorado so I'd definitely have to agree with that statement. |
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04-01-2009, 09:58 AM
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ˇYa!
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Good point. I often feel like Denver has many southern traits, as well as mid-western traits, that is culturally. But I suppose geographically one must admit it is not the midwest. I think that people from the coasts can be so drastically different than Denverites that they tend to call Denver midwest (due to its culture more than anything).
Calling a roof "rough" and also this weird Colorado/cowboy accent is what sometimes makes me think of the south or midwest, vs. the east/west coasts.
p.s. - I'm in my right mind! 
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Originally Posted by vegaspilgrim
Denver is not a midwestern city. Usually people who call Denver a "midwestern" city are from one of the two coasts and are totally ignorant of everything in the middle of the country, often forgetting the existence of the entire mountain west region, lumping it all together. However I can see calling it "Middle America," as it IS a very middle-of-the-country kind of place culturally.
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