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How can a city be great and plain at the same time?
They are the Plain states....referring to geographic descriptions. It is more or less called the greater plains area. Nobody is saying that they are great in the sense that you took it.
I think another part of it is that for literally 200 miles or so on I-40 (either way) from Amarillo, you see the massive billboards for that 72 ounce steak restaurant! Seriously, you can be 20 miles outside of Albuquerque - like a half-day away from Amarillo, and those billboards start to pop up!
I come from the east, so I start seeing them around Tulsa and OKC.
Sure, it technically is on the very cusp of the Great Plains, but even the overwhelming majority of Denverites wouldn't consider themselves part of the Great Plains; Denver identifies in almost ever aspect with the Rocky Mountain region. The name of the baseball team is the Rockies. The hockey team is the Avalanche, etc.
Denver's identifier is the Rocky Mountains, not the plains. Heck, even the weather in the Rocky Mountain News (note: name of the paper is RM News! ) lists the regional cities as the "Rocky Mountain Empire"!
Well, that's true, but if you've ever been there, you know you are on the Great Plains! Denver may be a mile high, but it's high plans, not mountains. RE: sports team names, here in the Twin Cities our NBA team is called the "Timberwolves". But outside the zoos, you won't find one of those creatures within 150 miles of here!
They are the Plain states....referring to geographic descriptions. It is more or less called the greater plains area. Nobody is saying that they are great in the sense that you took it.
my choice would be between Amarillo and Dallas,,,,maybe just maybe Tulsa as a 3rd choice.
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) lists the regional cities as the "Rocky Mountain Empire"!
