The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 11 months ago"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldimagemessage-square279fedilinkarrow-up1994arrow-down129
arrow-up1965arrow-down1image"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square279fedilink
minus-squareManosTheHandsOfFate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoThe eastern third of CO is all plains and definitely feels like the Midwest, but hardly anyone lives there.
minus-squarePraiseTheSoup@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoYep, and it’s really obvious if you’ve driven into the state from the east. You find yourself wondering when you’re gonna get to Colorado and realize you’ve been driving in it for 3 hours, it just looks exactly the same as the last 10 hours.
minus-squareQuarterSwede@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoThe trick is, as soon as you can see the tip of Pikes Peak, you’re in Colorado.
The eastern third of CO is all plains and definitely feels like the Midwest, but hardly anyone lives there.
Yep, and it’s really obvious if you’ve driven into the state from the east. You find yourself wondering when you’re gonna get to Colorado and realize you’ve been driving in it for 3 hours, it just looks exactly the same as the last 10 hours.
The trick is, as soon as you can see the tip of Pikes Peak, you’re in Colorado.