I had a conversation with someone recently about what the Midwest was. I live in Kansas and always just assumed that must mean Kansas because it doesn’t really get any more… mid… and we’re west of where the US started defining things at.
But apparently everyone seems to also think they’re Midwest and has all sorts of reasoning. It would be interesting to see a map of what different regions self identified as.
Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho are “Rocky Mountain West” but hardly anyone seems to remember that term. No one living west of I25 is part of the Mid-West. They all belong to a differently named Geo-Graphic group.
I had a conversation with someone recently about what the Midwest was. I live in Kansas and always just assumed that must mean Kansas because it doesn’t really get any more… mid… and we’re west of where the US started defining things at.
But apparently everyone seems to also think they’re Midwest and has all sorts of reasoning. It would be interesting to see a map of what different regions self identified as.
I’ve seen surveys like this before! Some are pretty funny.
Found one:
Has the Midwest discussed ditching Ohio and adopting Oklahoma?
They should, the “Midwest” seems to stretch too far east. Should claim Colorado and Wyoming too.
Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho are “Rocky Mountain West” but hardly anyone seems to remember that term. No one living west of I25 is part of the Mid-West. They all belong to a differently named Geo-Graphic group.
I’ve always thought the demarcation line should be the Mississippi River. In my head anything east of that is… well… east, not Midwest…
You can try to get rid of us but we all know we’re the real Midwest!
You’re the bastard step child of New England!
That’s just the mid, not the midwest