Scientists administered a personality test to over 3,000 Americans and then compared the results to the topography of their zip code and established a link between higher elevations and specific personality traits. It seems that people who live at higher elevations are, in the words of researcher Friedrich Götz, more likely to be "nonconformist settlers strongly motivated by a sense of freedom."
The study also shows that, broadly speaking, the mountainous or "Wild West" personality is likely to be more introverted, less neurotic, and significantly more open to new experiences.
But not all of the "Wild West" traits are as uniformly positive; the study also shows that we mountain folk are much less "agreeable", and are more likely to exhibit "territorial, self-focused survival strategies."
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