>>2790898Ohio has great lakes access, and both PA and WV suffer from coal-mining scars while Ohio’s ecosystems are more balanced and user-friendly.
>>2790905Quantity =/= quality
grizzlies and mountains are not suited for someone looking for calm and peaceful communion with nature rather than adrenaline
the missouri is long, but again quality over quantity. The problem with you people is minmaxing every stupid metric, more elevation, more land, bigger, better, etc. it's idiotic. 150 years ago nobody in their right mind would agree that the terribly sublime mountains are more beautiful than the placid lake and woods. Your brain is infected by a diseased culture.
>>2790911Texas earned its spot for sheer variety and accessibility, and the beauty of its niche ecosystems >picrelated