The Front Range is the natural dividing line, stretching its Midwestern charm into Southern Wyoming and grazing the eastern edges of Montana, only to stop abruptly where the Rockies rise like an exclamation point against the plains.

Specifically, the Midwest influence ends where the foothills transition into the towering sub-ranges of the Rockies: the Southern Rockies in Colorado, the Laramie Range in Wyoming, and the Beartooth Mountains in Montana.

Beyond this point in Denver lies the gateway to the Southern Rockies—the Foothills—a rugged, windswept realm where cheese curds disappear, dairy becomes a distant memory, pig farms no more, and kombucha on tap reigns supreme. Casseroles are replaced by quinoa bowls, and the comforting presence of "Minnesota nice" gives way to people who avoid eye contact, perhaps too busy plotting their next high-altitude yoga retreat.

It’s a place far removed from the quiet comforts of Midwest culture, where politeness comes standard, dairy flows freely, fried cheese curds are a staple, and casseroles reign supreme.

Once you leave the Midwest and enter the Southern Rockies via the Foothills, you are in bear and moose country, so please proceed accordingly, my Midwest Friend ;).

Also, protip- leave your passive-aggressive charm there; out here, the bear$ do not care if you procured fresh cheese curds that squeak when bitten.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5662669&forum_id=2...id.#48544207)

It’s where Midwestern values go to retire and join a megachurch. You’ve got the sprawling suburbia of the Midwest, but casseroles have been swapped for chain restaurants, and polite nods replaced with bumper stickers that scream "freedom isn’t free."

Colorado "Springs" isthee Midwest, but it’s also undeniably an "odd case."

It’s a liminal zone where Air Force cadets, evangelical zealots, and CrossFit enthusiasts coexist with people who think owning a tactical backpack is a personality trait, inundated with fat prole tourists fascinated by the "Garden of the Gods" yet couldn't even hike up one of the nearby foothills. Imagine the Wisconsin Dells.

Colorado Springs is deeply Midwest—just with a stranger, louder soundtrack.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5662669&forum_id=2...id.#48545245)

Anything east of Tahoe and West of Allentown.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5662669&forum_id=2...id.#48545404)

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the only mistake it makes is excluding phoenix.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5662669&forum_id=2...id.#48545425)