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Originally Posted by iheartthed
KC feels a little western to me. Or at least it feels like a transition zone from east to west. Whatever you want to call it, it's definitely not Cleveland. Dallas feels more western than KC to me. I would group Dallas in with the interior southwest before I'd group it with the southeast. I've also always thought of OK as more western than southern. Arkansas and Louisiana are fully within the South/southeast. Oklahoma is the "frontier".
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KC probably feels western if you're from the rustbelt, and even though both cities are in the same state, it shares nothing in common with St. Louis. Living here most of my life, I can acknowledge that it definitely is or was a cowtown, but it doesn't feel western like say Denver, Albuquerque, or Phoenix. Geologically, if it was placed in the middle of the high plains, like maybe western Nebraska or western Kansas, where there are fewer trees and more of a badlands type setting, then I could go along with that premise.
There are many parts to Oklahoma. This sounds strange, but it kinda reminds me of a mini-Texas. In the east, you have the Ozark-Ouachita mountains which gives it the southern flavor, the central part, it's similar to Missouri and eastern Kansas (minus the Flint Hills in Kansas), southwestern Oklahoma, you have the Wichita Mountains, which in no way compares to the Guadalupe range in Texas, but it is a pretty neat place to visit. And finally, the western part, including the panhandle, reminds you of the high plains.
As far as Texas goes, it's really hard to give it a certain physical or social distinction because of its size. I will say this though, Austin is the doorway between the southeast and southwest!!