doubt it, i mean its good to be motivated, but you also have to look at the reality of your situation. Kids in Colorado and Utah have access to the worlds best terrain parks and ski them on a daily basis, the best features that are built the best.
You dont have 50-65 degree terrain at every other montain. And or the vertical rise. People in Colorado rip all over the mtn because of the varying terrain. Great parks and great inbound steeps/cliffs/powder/pillows/chutes/etc. While not everyone in Colorado skis these, they still have parks like Breck, Keystone, Copper, Winter Park, etc. Point being it sucks being in your shoes because you dont have daily access to this. But it also gives these kids a way larger chance then being a decent amount better than you.
I know kids from the mid west that do rip harder. But its a really big claim to come out in a Colorado/Utah thread and say that ALL midwest kids rip harder than kids from Colorado and Utah.