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It doesnt. I just so happens that many boring places are in the midwest, though it has nothing to do with mountains. Snce the most obvious difference to the uncritical mind is the geography, lack of mountains becomes the culprit.
Im not saying though that the repetitive stark landscape of the midwest and hearland doesnt add to it's boringness, it just isnt totally the rule.
There are just as many of "boring" places in the Northeast, West, and South too.
As a midwesterner, and a Chicagoan born and raised, I was freaked out by how flat west coast cities are. You fly in and the only thing you see are single family homes for miles and miles around. Perhaps a small number of skyscrapers here and there.
Although what truly freaked me out was the juxtaposition of skyscrapers next to split level ranches. You can see this in Los Angeles as you approach what passes for "downtown" on the west coast.
As a midwesterner, and a Chicagoan born and raised, I was freaked out by how flat west coast cities are. You fly in and the only thing you see are single family homes for miles and miles around. Perhaps a small number of skyscrapers here and there.
And mountains...you see single family homes and a ton of mountains (unless you're in CA's central valley, which is more like Kansas than it is anything else, complete with the occasional Tornado).
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Although what truly freaked me out was the juxtaposition of skyscrapers next to split level ranches. You can see this in Los Angeles as you approach what passes for "downtown" on the west coast.
That always intrigues me too. San Francisco obviously doesn't really apply here, but I'm always amazed that when I fly into LA...it's a ***** mix of multi-story apartment buildings and big houses with pools. I swear, take all that water that fills the backyard swimming pools in LA and you could create another great lake.
Don't get me wrong, I love the West Coast, and couldn't live without our mountains (grew up in the Sierra Nevada), but sometimes the urban sprawl gets on my nerves. When I drive down from the rural foothills (where I live) and start getting into the valley, I always get a little claustrophobic and antsy: All I can see for miles and miles are suburbs. It's unnerving.
Of course, if you drive out of the population centers, you run in to California's true economic engine: our agriculture. Despite the flatness, I like these places. The folks their are much more like the folks where I come from, and I feel somewhat at home (except for the fact that there are no mountains).
And mountains...you see single family homes and a ton of mountains (unless you're in CA's central valley, which is more like Kansas than it is anything else, complete with the occasional Tornado).
Every state in the West has areas so flat that it makes the Midwest look mountainous. Driving through parts of NV, CA, AZ, CO, etc, there are endless stretches of tabletop-flat topography, most of the time w/o any trees or anything, which makes it even more bleak/ugly.
Just because he thinks much of the Midwest is boring makes him a hater?
Face it...to most people the Midwest is boring, save Chicago. Chicago is a world-class city, one of the best in the world. Unfortunately, once you leave Chicagoland it get's extremely...uninteresting? At least from what I've seen. Not to say there aren't interesting spots around, they're just not as prevalent as other areas of the country. From what I've seen, Milwaukee seems like an interesting enough city--though I've never been there.
I've made the cross-country trip from Boston to Denver (both I-70 and I-80), and would always be pumped when we got near Chicago, because it meant I was finally going to see civilization.
Ahhh, there's the problem. Driving across the Midwest on I70 or I 80 WOULD lead one to conclude that "all" of the Midwest was flat and boring. It'd be like driving I75 from Lake City, FL to the burbs of Miami and assuming "all" of FL is boring.
Well yea, but my definition of east coast is the northeast. Otherwise, my comment was very incorrect and you are right!
Touche! I never thought of the SE as East Coast either, but maybe the other posters here who say contrary changed my mind! I admit, after thinking about it, a coast is a coast, so logically any US location bordering the Atlantic is "East Coast", colloquialism not withstanding!
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Driving through parts of NV, CA, AZ, CO, etc, there are endless stretches of tabletop-flat topography, most of the time w/o any trees or anything, which makes it even more bleak/ugly. 
What fact, that western SD is not high desert? Look it up!
I never thought of the SE as East Coast either, but maybe the other posters here who say contrary changed my mind! 
I admit, after thinking about it, a coast is a coast, so logically any US location bordering the Atlantic is "East Coast", colloquialism not withstanding! 
