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09-29-2008, 02:54 PM
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Location: Portland, Oregon
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Is there a difference culturally between the West and Midwest? Both the West and Midwest fall into the "General American" category, mom, apple pie, baseball, a typical accent.
What are the differences? The Midwest has a farming culture, the West a frontier/ranching culture. The Great Plains is a mix of both, as though now it's farmland, it also has a rich Frontier/Western history.
Is the difference mostly geographical? The West has mountains, the Midwest is flat.
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09-29-2008, 02:57 PM
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West: Mountainous / Midwest: Flat
West: Cocaine / Midwest: Crystal Meth
West: Hollywood / Midwest: Chicago
West: Wine and Produce / Midwest: Wheat
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09-29-2008, 05:15 PM
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Location: Greater PDX
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Originally Posted by cpg35223
West: Cocaine / Midwest: Crystal Meth
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I'd disagree with that. People aren't cutting up metal signs out here in the West to buy coke. |
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09-29-2008, 05:31 PM
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Location: Southeast Missouri
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Hard to effectively generalize the midwest. Not all of it is flat. And parts of it (such as Missouri) make wine.
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09-29-2008, 06:03 PM
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Location: Foot of the Rockies
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Originally Posted by STLCardsBlues1989
Hard to effectively generalize the midwest. Not all of it is flat. And parts of it (such as Missouri) make wine.
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Ditto the west. Lots of differences between Colorado and coastal Washington, for example. One is practically a desert, the other a temerate rain forest. |
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09-29-2008, 07:59 PM
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Nuttiness enters this country via the coasts- and don't rule the South out of that paradigm.
By the time it hits the Midwest, it has been modified. Thank God.
Base this view on my status as a part-timer in Washington State, and rest of year in Wisconsin.
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