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I live in a mountain town and it's literally 'Wild West': http://northwesttraveladvisor.com/northwest-vacation/western-towns.html http://northwesttraveladvisor.

• munificent 6y ago
  Winthrop is very cute, but it's Old West vibe was entirely manufactured in the 60s. There's no real history there, just kitsch. It's the Mild West.
• mikestew 6y ago
  Winthrop is about as literally Wild West as Leavenworth, WA [0] is literally Bavarian. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leavenworth%2C_Washington https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leavenworth%2C_Washington (As explanation, both towns decided to become a "theme town", for lack of a better phrase, around the same time in the 60s-70s. Winthrop was inspired by Leavenworth, which in turn was arguably inspired by Solvang, CA.)
  • kyleblarson 6y ago
    Obviously it was manufactured, but get outside of town a few miles and you are in real ranch country and it's very much the west. The prius and audi driving west siders don't usually see that side of things.