Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveD
 I'm sure that's true, however, the tallest mountains east of the Mississippi are a stone's throw from Atlanta in western North Carolina, and of the nation's largest metros, Atlanta is second highest in elevation, second only to Denver. |
Granted Western NC has the tallest Mountain (a few feet higher than Clingman's Dome in Tennssee) but Tennssee has just as much mountainous covereage and just as many 5,000+ footers. Plus if you average the ten highest peaks in each state, the average is within a couple hundred feet of each other with the slight edge going to NC. Basically Tennessee and NC are mirror images of each other. North Carolina does have the beach though
