r/geography Geography Enthusiast 26d ago

Why aren't there any large cities in this area? Discussion

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u/edit_R 26d ago

Yellowstone only takes place in the summer for a reason.

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u/AngriestManinWestTX 26d ago

Honestly the most jarring thing about Yellowstone and other shows taking place in Montana or neighboring states (looking at you, Longmire) is the near complete lack of snow in one of the coldest parts of the Lower 48.

I get it, snow is a PITA to film in but Fargo does it so what’s their excuse?

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u/pREDDITcation 26d ago

best i’ve seen is true detective season 4 in remote alaska. it’s like a snow storm at night the entire season

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u/librarianhuddz 26d ago

Yeah I've been to Montana four times... three of them it snowed one of those times was in May and that God damn show never shows any snow at all anywhere.

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u/edit_R 26d ago

Oh I’m not saying it’s a good reason. I think the excuse is that snow and the cold is brutal and people don’t want to think about it. So we’ll just pretend ranching only happens in the 4 weeks of amazing Montana weather.

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u/melbaspice 25d ago

Yet miraculously there’s never wildfires either