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In reply to the discussion: It's Amazing How Many Americans Think They Live in the Midwest When They Don't [View all]
2naSalit
(102,909 posts)12. I always thought of...
The Midwest as follows;
(and not necessarily the entire stat for some),
Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Great Plains
Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas. Beyond that you have sage steppe, not plains, then mountains.
To the east of the Midwest are the Eastern Seaboard aka, for older folks, the colonial states.
Ran all over this country for decades and that's how I always had it parceled out. Some freight regions are set up that way.
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It's Amazing How Many Americans Think They Live in the Midwest When They Don't [View all]
dalton99a
Jan 2024
OP
I always want to throttle people who say: "In this part of the country, we work hard!"
Aristus
Jan 2024
#1
+1. And everyone outside the official Midwest boundary treats their family like shit
dalton99a
Jan 2024
#2
This isn't a lettuce type salad, it's usually a pastel colored dessert brought to a pot luck.
Niagara
Jan 2024
#25
A surprising number of people believe much of the eastern half of the country is midWEST.
Ms. Toad
Jan 2024
#3
I grew up in Kearney, which is bisected by Hwy 30. I was confused by your statement too.
Maru Kitteh
Jan 2024
#40
Long ago and far away. DH still has relation there. I tried going back to visit
Maru Kitteh
Jan 2024
#70
Not confused about Delaware, we have the Atlantic Ocean and we are east of the mason Dixon line
Walleye
Jan 2024
#4
I always considered the states in the near vicinity of the Great Lakes the Mid-west.
brush
Jan 2024
#5
When the authors say "are you in the Midwest or the Wild West" it is no wonder people choose the Midwest.
former9thward
Jan 2024
#8
Here in western Pennsylvania, it seems as if the midwest starts around central Beaver County.
Efilroft Sul
Jan 2024
#9
Buffalo is on one of the Great Lakes so it's in the eastern end of the Midwest, despite being in western NY.
brush
Jan 2024
#21
Just about spot on. IMO Kentucky is southern though...below the Mason/Dixon line.
brush
Jan 2024
#22
How funny! Reminds me a bit of a map of Boston and the rest of the US that a friend of mine
highplainsdem
Jan 2024
#33
I consider myself a Midwesterner. I've lived in several of the states that map shows the US Census
highplainsdem
Jan 2024
#24
It's a mixture of fruit cocktail, whipped topping and marshmallows, sometimes with other
highplainsdem
Jan 2024
#37
North. Some in Minnesota want to it to be the North, just as, say Mississippi is the South
question everything
Jan 2024
#42
Perhaps Midwest was coined before they robbed even more Western lands from Native Americans.
GreenWave
Jan 2024
#56
I mean, if the town is ten miles from the north dakota border, it's not absurd to feel midwestern
fishwax
Jan 2024
#64
You're right. State lines don't necessarily match up with cultural regions.
SaintLouisBlues
Jan 2024
#91
I prefer great lakes region for Michigan. Actuality we are east central, or mid eastern.
Srkdqltr
Jan 2024
#103