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Flyover country is not a real term.
It just shows peoples ignorance.
I have no idea why the Ignorant coasts adopted the name but really it just shows what a concrete wasteland like New York or LA can do to you.
West of ST. Louis, East of Denver, North of Dallas, south of Canada is flyover country to me. but really most people think that everything not on the 2 coasts or chicago is flyover country.
I agree with your opinion except "West of St. Louis". I think it should be west of Kansas City. I have been there and it's a good sized metro area with major league baseball and NFL football.
When I think "flyover country" I think the Great Plains: vast distances and small cities where locals chose McBurbs instead of valuing their cities. Parking lots are a dominant feature of downtown and great walkable neighborhoods are few and far between. They certainly haven't invested in much in re-urbanizing as they have in suburbanizing and it shows. Downtowns are almost a Disneylandzation of urban living: they're a lone showpiece and then there's nothing else. OKC, outside of a downtown cluster of bars and restaurants is full of ugly. I'm a believer that the general local culture of a city is reflected in the physical environment and the Great Plains by and large live up to the "flyover" label because they want to: pride in ignorance and zealous restraint explains why these cities are so flat despite their population sizes. They're full of people who don't know how to live, but merely exist.
Bright spots seem to pale in comparison to population size: Fargo has a few urban coffee shops, one for each third of the population, and plenty of generic bars. Omaha has a three story gay club downtown, which I wouldn't have guessed, but very little is walkable outside of Downtown save the Benson neighborhood. Little Rock has a streetcar. Indy is basically the easternmost outpost in an extension of the plains and shares more in common there than with the Great Lakes or river cities in the region. They'd make for an interesting stop on the way to somewhere else, but they lack livability. Outside of the middle of the country you get cities like Minneapolis and Denver which let you know that without a doubt you're no longer in flyover country.
Come on...Minneapolis has a lot things to offer, but why look down on other cities because they don't? Not every city has the resources to pull off a world class art museum. These places are just full of people. They know how to live; they just live differently.
The land on the Plains and the weather can be quite beautiful imo. I enjoyed cracking a good book while resting on the amber waves of grain when I lived there.
Last edited by thefallensrvnge; 11-18-2012 at 08:59 PM..
The term flyover country means cities in the US that have the majority of commercial aircraft flyovers.There is no city in OKL, SD, ND, MT, NE, IA and KS that has direct airline service to the major coastal cities. I know for a fact in San Francisco there is no direct flight to these flyover cities in question. I'm willing to bet Los Angeles, New York and other major coastal cities do not have direct flights to these flyover cities in as well.
The term flyover country means cities in the US that have the majority of commercial aircraft flyovers.There is no city in OKL, SD, ND, MT, NE, IA and KS that has direct airline service to the major coastal cities. I know for a fact in San Francisco there is no direct flight to these flyover cities in question. I'm willing to bet Los Angeles, New York and other major coastal cities do not have direct flights to these flyover cities in as well.
I thought OKC had some non stops to the coasts, not many, but some.
Oklahoma City has flights to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Baltimore, and DC.
Tulsa has flights to Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Miami, Atlanta, DC, and New York.
Sioux Falls has flights to Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Orlando.
Fargo has flights to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Orlando.
Grand Forks has flights to Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Orlando.
Billings has flights to Seattle, Portland, Oakland, Las Vegas, and Phoenix.
Missoula has flights to Seattle, Portland, Oakland, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Phoenix.
Omaha has flights to Las Vegas, Phoenix, Orlando, Atlanta, Charlotte, DC, and New York.
Des Moines has flights to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Orlando, Tampa, Atlanta, Charlotte, DC, and New York.
Cedar Rapids has flights to Las Vegas, Phoenix, Orlando, Tampa, and Atlanta.
Davenport has flights to Las Vegas, Phoenix, Orlando, Tampa, and Atlanta.
Wichita has flights to Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Atlanta.
Oklahoma City has flights to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Baltimore, and DC.
Tulsa has flights to Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Miami, Atlanta, DC, and New York.
Sioux Falls has flights to Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Orlando.
Fargo has flights to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Orlando.
Grand Forks has flights to Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Orlando.
Billings has flights to Seattle, Portland, Oakland, Las Vegas, and Phoenix.
Missoula has flights to Seattle, Portland, Oakland, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Phoenix.
Omaha has flights to Las Vegas, Phoenix, Orlando, Atlanta, Charlotte, DC, and New York.
Des Moines has flights to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Orlando, Tampa, Atlanta, Charlotte, DC, and New York.
Cedar Rapids has flights to Las Vegas, Phoenix, Orlando, Tampa, and Atlanta.
Davenport has flights to Las Vegas, Phoenix, Orlando, Tampa, and Atlanta.
Wichita has flights to Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Atlanta.
OK, there is a flight from San Francisco to Oklahoma City, but there is no direct flight from San Francisco to Missoula.I won't cross check the rest of your claims but since a mistake was made on Missoula then how many more mistakes are in your claims?http://https://www.google.com/flight...5;r=2012-12-09
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