Western Cities: Most overrated and Least Overrated (places, people, states)
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Since when is Denver a western city? It's a thousand miles from the Pacific Ocean. It's not even on the west side of the Rocky Mountains!
Overrated: Seattle
Underrated: San Diego
The OP laid it out in the very first post. Anything west of the great plains is considered west for this thread. And, as another poster said, Denver has always been considered west. Everything west of the great plains is the west.
I feel like Denver is only west from an east coast perspective, but from a west coast perspective, it's quite far away. To me, and this is apparently just me, Colorado feels like a central state. Also, Denver is located at the end (or beginning) of the great plains and flat as a surfboard.
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Do you think Sacramento is overrated? or just about right?
I've only driven though it so I'm indifferent. I wonder if it wasn't in California but still the same city (yes I know it's the capital but hypothetically) if it would garner more attention.
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I feel like Denver is only west from an east coast perspective, but from a west coast perspective, it's quite far away. To me, and this is apparently just me, Colorado feels like a central state. Also, Denver is located at the end (or beginning) of the great plains and flat as a surfboard.
Colorado is a mountain state nonetheless. Denver and Colorado doesn't show very much cultural resemblence to Kansas or Nebraska or any Midwestern state. Denver is definitely a Western city and it has a LOT more in common with its Western peers than it does to the Midwest, therefore Denver is included. The End.
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Colorado is a mountain state nonetheless. Denver and Colorado doesn't show very much cultural resemblence to Kansas or Nebraska or any Midwestern state. Denver is definitely a Western city and it has a LOT more in common with its Western peers than it does to the Midwest, therefore Denver is included. The End.
I see you're from New Mexico. That's not west either. The end.
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I see you're from New Mexico. That's not west either. The end.
That's a bizzare train of thought. Yeah our red rock mesas, high deserts, ranches, and mountain ranges, nothing Western about that at all, totally Midwestern.
I see you're from New Mexico. That's not west either. The end.
You are literally the only person who thinks that New Mexico and Denver aren't part of the West. An argument for Denver being part of the plains would be a huuuuuuge stretch, but what region is New Mexico part of?
Denver has ALWAYS been considered a Western city. Always. Weird that you think it is not!
I agree, Denver is more western than many cities further west! It is a cowboy city at heart, and while tech and culture have invaded, it is still a "western" city. Ft. Worth used to be the gateway to the west, but Denver is the real gateway. Look at the logo of the Bronco's. It is a horse for gawd sakes. This won't change anytime soon, IMO.
BTW, if Denver is not a western city, what is it? Midwest? Great Plains? Mid-America? None of those terms work for me. Sorry.
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