colorado vs st. louis
Definition
A comparison scenario often used in the context of professional sports, specifically referring to the rivalry between the Colorado Avalanche and the St. Louis Blues in the NHL, or loosely to general demographic, cultural, or geographic differences between Colorado and Missouri.
A colloquial shorthand for evaluating the lifestyle, climate, and cost-of-living differences between the Rocky Mountain region and the Midwestern metropolitan culture of St. Louis.
Examples
If you enjoy your winters with twenty feet of snow and a side of altitude sickness, Colorado wins this debate easily over St. Louis.
Choosing between Colorado and St. Louis is basically a tug-of-war between people who replace their personality with hiking gear and people who consider toasted ravioli a major food group.
St. Louis offers a historic charm that Colorado arguably lacks, even if the humidity makes you feel like you are walking through a warm bowl of soup.
Debating Colorado versus St. Louis usually just ends with everyone agreeing that they would rather be anywhere else than stuck in traffic on a Monday morning.