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Pragmatism: down to earth and practical attitudes, when it snows you go to work, you don't sit at home in fear
Work ethic/can do attitude: You work hard and play hard (no cheating)
Generally upbeat and positive
Face Value: Most things can be taken literally. People here don't play the angles like they do back east
Diversity: This actually surprised me, I wasn't expecting to see so many cultures crossing
Lack of fear: People here are not as scared of others as they are on the east coast
Education: As mentioned before highly educated populations without the annoying snobby attitudes
Laid back culture: Definately see the seedings of California and the rest of the west coast here
Political views: Liberal
Winter Recreation: I can actually downhill and xc ski without leaving the metro area.
Sense of community: Nuff said
Favorite City without a dought is Chicago, with the Twin Cities a close second.
Pragmatism: down to earth and practical attitudes, when it snows you go to work, you don't sit at home in fear
Work ethic/can do attitude: You work hard and play hard (no cheating)
Generally upbeat and positive
Face Value: Most things can be taken literally. People here don't play the angles like they do back east
Diversity: This actually surprised me, I wasn't expecting to see so many cultures crossing
Lack of fear: People here are not as scared of others as they are on the east coast
Education: As mentioned before highly educated populations without the annoying snobby attitudes
Laid back culture: Definately see the seedings of California and the rest of the west coast here
Political views: Liberal
Winter Recreation: I can actually downhill and xc ski without leaving the metro area.
Sense of community: Nuff said
Favorite City without a dought is Chicago, with the Twin Cities a close second.
I agree with most of this, but I wouldn't say most of the Midwest is liberal. The major cities lean liberal, but I think the region is moderate overall, conservative in many areas
Pragmatism: down to earth and practical attitudes, when it snows you go to work, you don't sit at home in fear
Work ethic/can do attitude: You work hard and play hard (no cheating)
Generally upbeat and positive Face Value: Most things can be taken literally. People here don't play the angles like they do back east
Diversity: This actually surprised me, I wasn't expecting to see so many cultures crossing
Lack of fear: People here are not as scared of others as they are on the east coast
Education: As mentioned before highly educated populations without the annoying snobby attitudes
Laid back culture: Definately see the seedings of California and the rest of the west coast here
Political views: Liberal
Winter Recreation: I can actually downhill and xc ski without leaving the metro area.
Sense of community: Nuff said
Favorite City without a dought is Chicago, with the Twin Cities a close second.
Really? That is actually one of the few things that really annoy me about most Americans I know, most of them obviously Midwesteners, because that's where I lived. I don't know how it is in the East or South but compared to what I am used to people just always beat around the bush.
Really? That is actually one of the few things that really annoy me about most Americans I know, most of them obviously Midwesteners, because that's where I lived. I don't know how it is in the East or South but compared to what I am used to people just always beat around the bush.
Yeah, back home there is always an angle that is being played it seems. You are always being mentally sized up and treated accordingly. You learn that from a very early age there.
I was thinking the person maybe meant "both" but said "neither." I think Indiana has some towns in the Eastern Time Zone and some in Central. And maybe you could have said some in "Neither", in a way, as a few towns in Indiana didn't have Daylight Savings Time. Although I think they standardized a few years ago so they all do now.
Yes, Indiana is divided between Eastern and Central time. So is Michigan. And yes, we sold out and now observe daylight savings time, statewide, no exceptions.
It really depends where one lives in the Midwest with regard to educational attainment. The western Midwest and Great Plains left the economic transition away from heavily weighted on manufacturing and industrial to a good diversified mix. The eastern Midwest was quite a bit slower in this transitionary process. Also, the eastern Midwest tended to suffer much more accutely from the brain drain phenomenon to the bigger cities and suburban areas of the region as well as elsewhere.
I live in a severe transition zone, otherwise known as the Ohio Valley. The cultural clashes and divides here are pretty interesting. Southern Indiana and the Louisville area are a mixture of the South, Midwest, and Appalachia combined.
i have family in a suburb of kansas city, ks called leawood. its my favorite place in the world. i live in los angeles and hate the traffic and over population. in leawood, in addition to a lot of the midwest, there is a small town feel, but still plenty to do. my family knows all of their neighbors, live only minutes away from amazing schools, have access to many movie theaters and shopping malls, and a lot of cultural activities.
I lived in KCMO for a year many years ago but had to get out. It wasn't the city itself. My image of KC before I got there was of a flat and uninteresting city. It's actually pleasantly rolling and has a lot to offer. As someone who grew up near saltwater, however, I never got over the feeling that I was isolated. Mountains might have helped in this regard to make me feel connected to something. It's this sameness for miles and miles that I find almost oppressive. I am glad I had the opportunity to live there, however, and can understand why people who grew up there could never live anywhere else.
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The only exception is suburban Indianapolis.
