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The “Far West” (terrible name) seems to be just a lazy grouping of most of the area west of the Mississippi. Definitely has a very costal biased view of the wor
by righthand 1y ago
The “Far West” (terrible name) seems to be just a lazy grouping of most of the area west of the Mississippi. Definitely has a very costal biased view of the world.
- bitwize 1y agoI'm reminded of the children's book Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport, the first half of which is some kid's stereotypes of what life is like "Out West" (including the title). Then his family completes the move "Out West", and finds that things are quite a bit different from how he expects. Marrying a woman from Louisiana has been similarly instructive to me as regards "the South".
- Apocryphon 1y agoSame as it ever was. The "Empty Quarter" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nine_Nations_of_North_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nine_Nations_of_North_Amer...
- Lammy 1y agoReally weird to not list Deseret as its own thing honestly (all of Utah, Colorado west of the Divide, Idaho up to Rexburg, most of Nevada that isn't Tahoe/Reno/Vegas)
- madcaptenor 1y agoI've seen this called the "Mormon corridor" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_corridor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_corridor) but Deseret is a catchier name. Sometimes that includes Vegas, though - Vegas is historically Mormon.
- Lammy 1y agoGOOD point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Las_Vegas_Mormon_Fort_State_Historic_Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Las_Vegas_Mormon_Fort_Stat...
- AnimalMuppet 1y agoYeah, but now it's hard to find anywhere less culturally Mormon than Vegas.