What Are People's Misconceptions of the Midwest? (best, cities)
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No disrespect to you but whoever thought Chicago was on the east coast is an idiot. The sunrise? Give me a break. Also, as a native Midwesterner from the great lakes, I have to disagree with the low 40s with sunshine take. You didn't include wind chill.
It was sunny and mid 40's here in Milwaukee on Wednesday so I drove home with my moon roof open. It felt great. It was breezy which my daughter loved as she was rollerblading around the neighborhood.
hol up - somebody said theyve met...MULTIPLE people that think chicago is on the east coast? i havent even heard such nonsense from the flatearthers.
During my time in Montana I met several people who considered everything east of the Missouri/Mississippi river "East Coast". I'm sure some were being facetious while others honestly had no idea where non-Montana cities and states are actually located. I argued with a few people that the Great Lakes were in fact fresh water.
During my time in Montana I met several people who considered everything east of the Missouri/Mississippi river "East Coast". I'm sure some were being facetious while others honestly had no idea where non-Montana cities and states are actually located. I argued with a few people that the Great Lakes were in fact fresh water.
I could not stand that mentality in Montana. To so many the world was Montana, Canada, California, and anything east was just "back east."
Minneapolis has always been a bit different from other midwestern cities like Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Milwaukee, etc, because of its relative lack of the type of heavy industry that was present in those cities. The Twin Cities started as a grain processor center for southern Minnesota and the Dakotas, thus its reason for being was somewhat different. Also, Minneapolis-St. Paul, while having a reasonable dose of Catholicism, also has a considerable Lutheran influence, especially among its Scandinavian and German descendants ( although quite a few of the German-Americans are Catholic, too).
The Twin Cities are still very midwestern, but they seem slightly different when compared to their more industrial neighbors to the east...
The misconception is that cities have dense areas. Chicago does, but the rest of the region is extremely light in that category.
In 2010, the typical non-Chicago Midwest city topped out in the 20,000-30,000/sm range for census tracts. Some didn't even get to 20,000. And that was 2010...in other regions many cities have skyrocketed since then, but this has been lower-scale in the Midwest.
The misconception is that cities have dense areas. Chicago does, but the rest of the region is extremely light in that category.
In 2010, the typical non-Chicago Midwest city topped out in the 20,000-30,000/sm range for census tracts. Some didn't even get to 20,000. And that was 2010...in other regions many cities have skyrocketed since then, but this has been lower-scale in the Midwest.
Of course cities have dense areas. Milwaukee is fairly dense. Not sure why you think most people think the Midwest has dense areas. Some cities do, some don't. I don't believe the general consensus is that the Midwest is dense, though.
The internet has sites where you can mouse over census tracts to see residential density, for 2010 and for more recent census estimates. Census numbers aren't beyond debate of course...but my post was based on their numbers.
Milwaukee does ok compared to most other Midwest cities. But it wasn't that high in 2010 and it hasn't moved much since then.
The internet has sites where you can mouse over census tracts to see residential density, for 2010 and for more recent census estimates. Census numbers aren't beyond debate of course...but my post was based on their numbers.
Milwaukee does ok compared to most other Midwest cities. But it wasn't that high in 2010 and it hasn't moved much since then.
SO, you're saying, MOST people think the Midwest is densely populated, or are you just trying to interject your viewpoint that it's not. Because, as we all know, most people don't think that. Sneaky.
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