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I was thinking of how when people think 'Texas' they automatically think barren, arid, deserts, sage bush grasslands, wide open plains, ranches, cowboys, Spanish/Mexican culture, largely from old Western movies and other stereotypes, but when I actually visited Texas, I realized most of Texas was actually tilled farmland, a lot of it is actually very green.etc. I.e. the stereotypical Texas only applies to southern and western Texas.
Montana is also seen as being pretty mountainous, but most of it is in fact the Great Plains. Also, much of Nevada is actually a pretty cold place. What other examples can you think of?
Reference to Montana above, New Mexico is probably more mountainous and less flat than Montana is.
Hmmm, I'd say it's about a draw. Eastern Montana is prairie yes, but it's nothing like Iowa. It's more in line with Alberta, the Dakotas, western Nebraska, with a touch of Wyoming. There are island mountain ranges, very deep river canyons, and pockets of forest, it's actually beautiful country. I love eastern Montana!
Not to bash on Iowa to mention, I was impressed with how green, hilly and beautiful Iowa is.
Probably less than 25% of the land in Oklahoma is actually "flat".
About 10 years ago, Oklahoma was playing Mississippi State in basketball. Mississippi State's star player had gone to Junior College at Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton, OK.
One announcer asked, "I wonder what Wilburton, Oklahoma is like."
To which the other announcer said "Probably flat."
Guess what the teams are called at Eastern Oklahoma State College?
Just about to say that one. Certainly Metro NYC accounts for the vast majority of NY's populace, but geographically, it's probably no more than 15% of the state.
Flat, Irrigated rice & cotton fields in the Missouri Bootheel
Rice fields in far Southern Illinois, as well as cypress swamps and the hilly Shawnee National Forest.
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