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Originally Posted by Docere
Splitting the US on binary east/west lines, the Mississippi River is often seen as the dividing line ("W" and "K" call numbers, for example).
The Eastern states are often said to include the Northeast, the South Atlantic and the East North Central and East South Central regions.
This would put Louisiana and Missouri outside the "east" but St. Louis and New Orleans are more similar to cities to the east and can perhaps be said to be the last eastern cities.
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In your opinion, in what ways are STL and New Orleans more similar to cities in the east? I think I agree with you, especially when it comes to STL, but am curious to see your reasoning for this statement.
If we're just talking in terms of east and west (no midwest distinction), I think Kansas City could be argued to be the last eastern city. It's still pretty green and has lots of old brick building stock. It definitely has western influences, but I think you really start to feel like you've left the east behind when you get just west of KC and into the relentlessly flat and golden/brown Kansas prairies.
NOLA feels distinct from any other part of the US, though. I don't think it feels particularly eastern or western. It's walkable and historic, but so is San Francisco, and no one is calling that eastern. It looks and feels very unique, imo, whereas St. Louis feels pretty similar to Cincinnati, parts of Chicago...points east and north of it.