I have found over the years that most people form the East don’t have a clue what the West is all about or even the size, makeup etc. I live in Reno and run a business that often has customers from the East. Very often I get asked, can we fly into and stay in Vegas then drive over to see you? I tell them “Sure but that 400 mile commute is a drag.” They cannot comprehend the size of Nevada.
It is a fact that most of the support for the Sierra Club in money and membership is from people that have never been West of Chicago.