Quote Originally Posted by Crankin View Post
When I was talking about the west being brown, I was really referring to the ugly suburban sprawl in cities like Phoenix, LA, Dallas, Las Vegas. ...........................I want to visit the northwest. I think I would like it.

Methinks that's part of the problem with the flatter areas inland and some of their suburbs. In other cities, at least some of the suburbs include mountains in a distance, greenspace or rolling hills.