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I've lived out West some... I've always liked the High Plains areas - eastern Colorado, eastern Wyoming, western Nebraska.

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Charles Frazier
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: November 4
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Asheville
North Carolina
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Nebraska
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Colorado
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Wyoming
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