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I would say fields of wheat. This might sound dumb, but I've never been in the middle of the country where they grow all the grain, and I would like to see that.
Ah, but there is so,so much more than grain fields. Come on visit, and see what "flyover" country has and why those in the know, really love it here.
Ah, but you live by the lake. Much nicer than being in the middle of the corn belt.
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No, those are cities. I am referring to a small town surrounded by only farms.
Those cities are IN the corn belt. Nobody said if you came to the corn belt you had to live in podunk cornsville, USA. There's a lot to offer everyone.
Very stable and growing economy, very low cost of living, top5 for economic power per capita (disposable income after expenses and taxes), top shows and concerts, three of the nation's top 100 festivals, population growing at well above the national average, many lakes for fishing and boating and more..
The Inland metropolitan areas tend to have a strong, more stable economy than coastal/resort areas.
Just a simple question to get some discussion going. What does the midwest have to offer that is wholly unique and special that can't be obtained on the west and east coast metropolitan areas? What do you consider special(terrain,people, dining scene,outdoors ect?)
The chance to be away from people who cannot conceive of the possibility that the Midwest might have something to offer. One should not underestimate what a precious commodity this is.
Eh, I say if they're not convinced by the 11 pages of pictures, we stop trying to convince them... We don't want those coasties snagging all of our best real estate do you?
It depends on what you mean by Middle America. Literally it is the middle section of the country- the Midwest/Great Plains, which is very rural, but does happen to include a few big cities like Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, etc. Those places truly are "Middle America"- I am from that area, and whether I was in my tiny home town of Volga, South Dakota- surrounded by corn fields on all 4 sides- or in the big cities of Kansas City or Minneapolis I always thought of it as Middle America- because it is, even those big cities have a totally different vibe to them than the areas on either coast.
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