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Minnesota I can agree with. North Dakota has interesting history with Lewis and Clark, the Native American tribes, and Theodore Roosevelt. South Dakota has a fascinating history. Wild Bill Hickock was there and killed in a saloon in Deadwood, Sitting Bull was there, Custer spent time in the Black Hills, and the Wounded Knee Massacre took place there. If you haven't visited South Dakota I highly recommend it.
I think most of the Midwest has a pretty boring history compared to the Eastern Seaboard, Mountain West, and South.
That's a pretty ignorant statement, considering how much of an influence the Midwest had to the rise of America at the turn of the century. Detroit anyone?
Really? The Midwest isn't snazzy as the Coasts, but it's also far less corrupt, offers a quality of life as good as anywhere in the country (and get much better bang for your buck, to boot) and is home to some of the best-educated people on the planet. It might not be your cup of tea, but to say it sucks is ignorant.
As for history, it's chock full of it. Mark Twain, Bix Beiderbecke, Prohibition-era Chicago, Little House on the Prairie, TONS of Native American history (Abraham Lincoln authorized the execution of 35+ Dakota near Mankato MN in the early 1860s - by far the largest mass execution in the history of the US), Toledo War, birth of the automobile industry, birth of the digital computer, loads of LDS history, start of the Oregon Trail, and the list goes on.
Really? The Midwest isn't snazzy as the Coasts, but it's also far less corrupt, offers a quality of life as good as anywhere in the country (and get much better bang for your buck, to boot) and is home to some of the best-educated people on the planet. It might not be your cup of tea, but to say it sucks is ignorant.
As for history, it's chock full of it. Mark Twain, Bix Beiderbecke, Prohibition-era Chicago, Little House on the Prairie, TONS of Native American history (Abraham Lincoln authorized the execution of 35+ Dakota near Mankato MN in the early 1860s - by far the largest mass execution in the history of the US), Toledo War, birth of the automobile industry, birth of the digital computer, loads of LDS history, start of the Oregon Trail, and the list goes on.
That's a pretty ignorant statement, considering how much of an influence the Midwest had to the rise of America at the turn of the century. Detroit anyone?
It's not an ignorant statement it's my opinion, of which I'm entitled to, just like you are entitled to disagree. However, I will agree that some of the cities like Chicago and Detroit do have some interesting histories. I just don't find the Midwest as interesting as the other places I mentioned.
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