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Need to get out a little more. Now I-70 through Colorado I could give you, but only the western half of it. Once I-70 gets east of Denver, it's boring until KC.
IMO it gets a bit better east of Salina.
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Originally Posted by Enean
Just got back from Colorado yesterday, and was shocked at how flat the eastern part of the state was. I've been to the mountains before, but this was my first time in the eastern part of the state. Looked exactly like Kansas.
It sucks, but I have to make bucks away where there are more opportunities in my career field than up there or just about any area of the Northwoods. That is why most of that area has more elderly over age 65 than kids under age 18. Still saving for retirement and plans for moving there, though.
As someone who has somewhat recently relocated to an exurb / small town in the Midwest (in Western Missouri to be exact), my wife and I have both noticed some less than desirable qualities about some of the locals. Specifically, the men seem to be much less respectful toward women in the way they talk to them, and more prone to making unwanted advances than they are back home in Pennsylvania (at least according to my wife's experiences). Also, in the workplace, there's much more petty gossiping and drama, especially among the men, than back in PA. Grown men snitching on coworkers for not being as slavishly devoted to the company as they are. The Midwest also seems to have the least mobile and least traveled locals of any region of the country, and people look at you like you have two heads if you weren't born and raised 10 miles from where you live. Those could be reasons many don't have a favorable view of the Midwest. Plus, especially in the wintertime and early spring, the wind is absolutely brutal and merciless. Much harsher than anywhere east of the Mississippi. Temperatures going from 80 to 20 and back again in the course of a couple days is common in February/March/April especially
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