Where Is The Heartland Of America?

[THUNDER HANDS]

Poll question: Where Is The Heartland Of America?

I hate that phrase with a passion. :mad:

[rogerashton]

1. New Jersey n/t

[chiburb]

2. Peoria, Illinois...

As in "how does it play in Peoria"....

[Maeve]

3. somewhere above the Bible Belt, over the spleen...

Ohio used to use the slogan "the heart of it all" because the state is vaguely valentine-shaped.

Personally, I think the heartland needs Tums...

[calico1]

4. There is none as far as I am concerned

I grew up in NY and live in CT. With all due respect to Midwesterners I do get sick of hearing about "the heartland this" "the heartland that" like its the only place where opinions count. I do think its more media than anything else. But it still irritates me when they go on and on about the "Heartland."

[htuttle]

12. Funny thing about that -- from a lifelong resident of the 'Heartland'

We're constantly told what 'we' think here in the 'Heartland', but nobody ever actually listens to what we say.

In short, much like everywhere else in the country.

:shrug:


Fighting Bob Lafollette, famous resident of the Heartland

[Catherine Vincent]

5. Earth is the heartland.

[w13rd0]

6. There is no "Heartland"...

...in the sense that there is one geographic area that defines the nations values. There are "arteries", thru which commerce flows (trucking and railroad thru KC and StLouis for instance), but due to the Electoral College, we can either say there is NO heartland, or it's split between NY, CA, FL and TX, with all other states being meaningless.

[CaptainClark23]

7. Cardio-Vascular Clinic at Mount Sinai Hospital

[West Coast Democrat]

8. If you work for the mainstream media....it's any of the red states

[kayell]

9. In the hearts of anyone who truly supports the Constitution

[readmylips]

10. Progressive Educated States...capitalist drivers...

I guess, let's start with New York the capitol of the world. California the capitol of world entertainment. DC capitol of world power. Chicago MoTown capitol of world music. Pennsylvania capitol of Liberty.

Mississippi capitol of homes with giant crosses on top. Arkansas capitol of trailer trash living. Texas capitol of stink. Etc.

[Zorra]

11. Uh.....right now it looks like it is Venezuela. n/t

[theboss]

13. Wherever deep-fried cheese is being sold

Which leads to the possibility that TGIFridays is the Heartland of America. I may need to re-evaluate my theory.

[wuushew]

14. Both geographic and democratic centers of US are Republican

Geographic Centers of the United States and North America
North America: 48°10' North, 100°10' West - 6 miles west of Balta, Pierce County, North Dakota.

The 50 United States: 44°58' North, 103°46' West - West of Castle Rock, Butte County, South Dakota.

The 48 Conterminous U.S. States: 39°50' North, 98°35' West - near Lebanon, Smith County, Kansas.


Mean Population Center of the United States
In 2000: 37°41'49" North, 91°48'34" West - 2.8 miles east of Edgar Springs, Phelps County, Missouri.

In 1990: 37°52' North, 91°13' West - 10 miles southeast of Steelville, Crawford County, Missouri.

[Comicstripper]

16. THE HEART IS NOT IN THE CENTER

so, the heartland is probably more like, ohio, by your figuring

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

28. Ohio is very much the Heartland....

...except for maybe those appalachian parts....

[rogerashton]

30. You mean demographic doncha?

eom

[Comicstripper]

15. Boise, Idaho

The exact address of The Heartland is 19642 Elmer Street, home of Gertie and Bruce Nelson. They're a sweet couple, really.

[GoneOffShore]

17. The Heartland has arteriosclerosis - eom

[Swamp Rat]

18. The center of a 5 lb. block of sharp cheddar cheese!

Wassup Magic Rat? :hi:

[maveric]

19. The Northeast. Boston, NYC, Philly,

Where our freedom and liberty began,and where people still value the constitution.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

20. I hate that, too. It's like proclaiming somewhere 'more American'

[fob]

21. squirrel?

"The Hardlad" is a gay bar just on the outskirts of Opelika, KS.

[skippysmom]

22. Not where I live

in those dreaded blue states! Where we're constantly told we're not "real" Americans.

:puke:

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

23. The Midwest is obviously the Heartland of America...no contest.

This is the most typically "American" of regions...the part of the US that never was a colony and that had never seceeded.....in the media the "American" accent is the Midwestern one.

The Midwest is the true inner America of America.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

26. proof that the Heartland is the Midwest..

Heartland Community College..

http://www.hcc.cc.il.us/

..its in Illinois.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

27. even more proof.....the Midwest....

Hearland Alliance...a nonprofit
http://www.heartland-alliance.org/..HQ in Chicago.

Heartland Healing Center...alternative medicine
http://www.heartlandhealing.com/pages/directory/...in Omaha...

Heartland Humanists
http://heartland.humanists.net/...Kansas City....

[progressivebydesign]

24. The "heartland" of America is in every American's heart.

It does not exist on a map. I cannot be targeting logistically. We are all in the heartland.

[mjjoe]

25. According to Bush...

Any where that tends to vote for him. I remember early in his term when he left Washington on one of his many vacations and made some comment about going to the "heartland" and being among "true" Americans (sorry, I don't remember the exact quote). As if people who disagreed with him (ie, left-of-center voters on the East Coast) were somehow less American for exercising their Consitutional right to think he's the worst president ever.

And why shouldn't they? It's his middle name: George WorstPresidentEver Bush.

[CBHagman]

29. It's in every Rustbelt city...

...that lost its manufacturing jobs.

It's in public housing.

It's in every community with a main street, no stop light, and a little library and volunteer fire department.

It's in the yard of a trailer in Appalachia with a "blasting area" sign from the mining industry.

It's in every immigrant community, whatever language is spoken.

It's all of us.

[leftofthedial]

31. the working middle class

[goodhue]

32. According to Encarta

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_1741500822_4/United_States_(Geography).html

The Heartland extends eastward along the southern shores of lakes Erie and Ontario and along the western slopes of the Appalachian Plateau. To the south, there is a transition to the Inland South and the Ozark-Appalachian region. The boundary to the west is also a transition zone, where Heartland cornfields give way to the vast wheat fields of the Great Plains. In the north, the boundary merges into the Northern Forest region of the Great Lakes. The Heartland includes southern Wisconsin, lower Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, most of Ohio except for its far eastern part, Iowa, northern Missouri, far eastern South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and parts of Tennessee and Kentucky.

The Heartland has the largest population and the most economic output of any U.S. region. It is the most extensive area of highly productive farmland in the United States, as well as the industrial core of the continent.

[Snellius]

33. Shouldn't the geographic center of America be the "Gutland"?

The Great gastrointestinal poop pipe to the butt hole that resides in the White Crap House in Washington, D.C.

[underseasurveyor]

34. It's at the Chevy Truck dealer, in'it?

Oh sorry, that's the Heartbeat of America :silly:

Carry on then ;-)