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Haha....Whoever said that Utah is flat. Thats a good one.
Lol you would be surprised. Don't overestimate the general public. Some people think Albuquerque, for example, is a low lying desert-basin oasis (like Phoenix) when it is in fact the highest elevation major city in the country (5,500 to 6,800). Yeah, NM has the Colorado Plateau and Llano Estacado, but is still not a "flat" state either.
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New Mexico a fly over state? I visited for the first time this winter and NO!! Beautiful state, especially when the mountains are blanketed with snow. I recommend everyone visit the mountains, whether you ski or not, at least once. Find a little resort town and stay for a week.
Amen! NM and the other southwest states are the very antithesis of a "flyover state". You wouldn't want to miss out on the closest thing America has to a distinct cuisine.
As of 29 April 2015, it will, once again, be the only state in the nation with no commercial airline service. So, quite literally, flying over it is your only option.
I don't use the term "flyover country" with disdain. I use it as literal as "the places that you are likely to fly over on most commercial flights." That includes the states between the northeast and the west coast. I actually wouldn't count North Dakota as a "flyover state" even though it fits the archetypal description, because it's so far north, unless you're going to Seattle or Canada, you're unlikely to fly over it.
I find it sad that so many people use that term in an insulting way. America's heartland is a beautiful region, and to dismiss it as a wasteland devoid of life or interest, shows a lack of actual travel or education. That's where your food comes from, folks! -.-)
Now there's some states I've only been in by way of flight. Those are Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. I wouldn't call those "flyover states though" at least not in the stereotypical sense like Missouri or Iowa. Anyway, if I have the option and the time, I'd take a road trip any day!
I don't use the term "flyover country" with disdain. I use it as literal as "the places that you are likely to fly over on most commercial flights." That includes the states between the northeast and the west coast. I actually wouldn't count North Dakota as a "flyover state" even though it fits the archetypal description, because it's so far north, unless you're going to Seattle or Canada, you're unlikely to fly over it.
Oh, Okay. I still have to say not New Mexico. Too much O/D traffic, also layovers. like I said, it is only a "flyover state" in the sense that planes are always flying low over my house, every five to ten minutes. We even had a shuttle, Endevour IIRC, stop by one time in White Sands.
No one would ever visit Alabama or Mississippi, though. At least Missouri has Kansas City and St. Louis.
When it gets right down to it, there isn't a state that I wouldn't like to visit. Obviously, for a lot of us, life's too short to get to see everything we'd like to see, so I'd go to a lot of foreign countries before I went to certain states in the U.S. But if I had enough time, Alabama and Mississippi would both be on my itinerary.
When it gets right down to it, there isn't a state that I wouldn't like to visit. Obviously, for a lot of us, life's too short to get to see everything we'd like to see, so I'd go to a lot of foreign countries before I went to certain states in the U.S. But if I had enough time, Alabama and Mississippi would both be on my itinerary.
Oh, same here. I'm a history buff, been to both and I'd love to go back and check out more historic spots. However, for the majority of Americans, there's no point visiting unless it's for family. Arkansas is up there, too.
I don't use the term "flyover country" with disdain. I use it as literal as "the places that you are likely to fly over on most commercial flights." That includes the states between the northeast and the west coast. I actually wouldn't count North Dakota as a "flyover state" even though it fits the archetypal description, because it's so far north, unless you're going to Seattle or Canada, you're unlikely to fly over it.
I find it sad that so many people use that term in an insulting way. America's heartland is a beautiful region, and to dismiss it as a wasteland devoid of life or interest, shows a lack of actual travel or education. That's where your food comes from, folks! -.-)
Now there's some states I've only been in by way of flight. Those are Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. I wouldn't call those "flyover states though" at least not in the stereotypical sense like Missouri or Iowa. Anyway, if I have the option and the time, I'd take a road trip any day!
This is what I was trying to say.
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All of the ugly east coast urban megalopolis commonly known as the Middle Atlantic region.
No one would ever visit Alabama or Mississippi, though. At least Missouri has Kansas City and St. Louis.
I don't know about Mississippi, but Gulf Shores and Orange Beach in Alabama are both popular beaches.
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