You’re right of course, but the mountainous west with its picturesque river valleys and meadows seems to appeal to the most people who want to feel some connection to “the wild.” What I hate to see is the chewing up of winter range for elk, deer, etc by a checkerboard of homes, businesses, and so forth; like Estes Park for example. Not to mention the rag-tag junk piles that are fairly ubiquitous in the West..
But that’s what you have with individual freedoms. If there is any upside to European socialism and it’s rules and regulations, it’s that you don’t usually see countryside trash. Still, I wouldn’t trade for anything.
