I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder as well.
I've spent not insignificant periods of time with the Yoopers in the Upper Peninsula. And never did it ever cross my mind that "This place is beautiful".
There are lots of things I like about the UP - the Interstate is smooth and well maintained, the shopping is better, the people are friendly and mostly white with no jeets to be seen, it does seem like a cool, down-to-earth rural culture up there.
But the parts of the UP I've seen have mostly been flat, featureless and boring. Granted I haven't seen most of the western and northern parts of the Superior coast.
I think the Canadian SSM side is ugly as shit as well, but at least the topography is a lot more distinct and feral.
But the parts of the UP I've seen have mostly been flat, featureless and boring.
You don't know flat, featureless, and boring until you've driven across South Dakota or Nebraska.
I think the Canadian SSM side is ugly as shit as well
And you don't know ugly as shit until you've been to Louisiana or Florida. Or Mississippi. Or Alabama. Georgia. Arkansas. You know what that whole quarter of the country is basically just swamp and mosquitos.
Sure, is Vancouver pretty? Yeah, mountains everywhere. And it's full of fucking crazy leftists. Cross the border and you're in Seattle where there's MORE fucking crazy leftists.
Canada has no equivalent (that I'm aware of) of Appalachia.
I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder as well.
I've spent not insignificant periods of time with the Yoopers in the Upper Peninsula. And never did it ever cross my mind that "This place is beautiful".
There are lots of things I like about the UP - the Interstate is smooth and well maintained, the shopping is better, the people are friendly and mostly white with no jeets to be seen, it does seem like a cool, down-to-earth rural culture up there.
But the parts of the UP I've seen have mostly been flat, featureless and boring. Granted I haven't seen most of the western and northern parts of the Superior coast.
I think the Canadian SSM side is ugly as shit as well, but at least the topography is a lot more distinct and feral.
You don't know flat, featureless, and boring until you've driven across South Dakota or Nebraska.
And you don't know ugly as shit until you've been to Louisiana or Florida. Or Mississippi. Or Alabama. Georgia. Arkansas. You know what that whole quarter of the country is basically just swamp and mosquitos.
Sure, is Vancouver pretty? Yeah, mountains everywhere. And it's full of fucking crazy leftists. Cross the border and you're in Seattle where there's MORE fucking crazy leftists.
Canada has no equivalent (that I'm aware of) of Appalachia.