My theory is that anybody who's grown up in the Great American Desert* is
inherently used to a lot less water than folks elsewhere. Not that
we don't have rain and snow and rivers, but it's not near as...ubiquitous
as it is on the eastern half of the country. And yes, it's a geographic
oversimplification, but I've looked at the rainfall charts and it's a
difference of, if I recall correctly, about an order of magnitude between
where my extended family lives (Michigan, Lower Peninsula, Kalamazoo area)
and where I call my native biome (Denver, CO)
*Roughly speaking, from the Mississippi River west to the mountain ranges
in CA/OR/WA; the actual coastal parts of the West Coast are, clearly, a
different story altogether.
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My theory is that anybody who's grown up in the Great American Desert* is inherently used to a lot less water than folks elsewhere. Not that we don't have rain and snow and rivers, but it's not near as...ubiquitous as it is on the eastern half of the country. And yes, it's a geographic oversimplification, but I've looked at the rainfall charts and it's a difference of, if I recall correctly, about an order of magnitude between where my extended family lives (Michigan, Lower Peninsula, Kalamazoo area) and where I call my native biome (Denver, CO)
*Roughly speaking, from the Mississippi River west to the mountain ranges in CA/OR/WA; the actual coastal parts of the West Coast are, clearly, a different story altogether.