Is Kansas the Midwest? (Wichita, Colby: rent, living, plantations)

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by drjones96

Midwestern United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kansas has hardly anything in common with the Midwest states in the Great Lakes region, especially the Upper Midwest.

[drjones96]

Originally Posted by Plains10

Kansas has hardly anything in common with the Midwest states in the Great Lakes region, especially the Upper Midwest.

Although what you say is true it is typically included as being a Midwestern state as you see on the link.

I've heard some say that Missouri (my home state) is not really a midwestern state. Some think that the states located East of the Mississippi River and North of the Ohio River are the true Midwestern states (Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio). If that's true then do you call Missouri a Plains State????

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plains

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by drjones96

Although what you say is true it is typically included as being a Midwestern state as you see on the link.

I've heard some say that Missouri (my home state) is not really a midwestern state. Some think that the states located East of the Mississippi River and North of the Ohio River are the true Midwestern states (Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio). If that's true then do you call Missouri a Plains State????

Great Plains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Well, we could consider the Midwest to have different sub-regions as have been discussed on other forum threads before. You have the Great Lakes sub-region, the Northwoods sub-region, the Midwest core sub-region, the Ohio Valley sub-region, the Ozarks sub-region, the Central Plains sub-region, and the High Plains sub-region.

Missouri is a mostly Midwestern state with strong southern and Ozark influences.
Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas, western Minnesota, and western Iowa all are solidly in the Plains category.
Areas along and west of 100W longitude are much more arid, and this is generally where the High Plains sub-region begins. This includes the western 1/4 of Kansas, the western 1/3 of Nebraska, and the western 1/2 of the Dakotas.

[city414]

Originally Posted by Plains10

One of the big differences between the Great Plains and the Midwest Core is the natural vegetation types. The Midwest and areas along and east of the Mississippi River get much more consistent rainfall.

what does this have to do with geography? if kansas isnt midwest what does in fall in west coast? not....

north east/ east coast
south east
south
west coast
southwest
midwest

where does kansas fit in with those

[prairiestone]

i think it depends on the region of kansas your in... while in fort scott i felt it was more southern than midwestern the only thing it was missing was the grits... it is a connector state so i think mid west.. west and the south all merges here

[KevK]

Originally Posted by MimzyMusic

Kansas seems to have Southern, Western and Midwestern elements - but being in the exact center of the US, shouldn't it be the Midwest?

Kansas is a midwestern plains state and the people there comsider themselves to be midwestern except for the far western border part of the state which identifies more with the mountain state of Colorado (it is on mountain time and some of it is actually in the Denver TV market).

[KevK]

Originally Posted by drjones96

Although what you say is true it is typically included as being a Midwestern state as you see on the link.

I've heard some say that Missouri (my home state) is not really a midwestern state. Some think that the states located East of the Mississippi River and North of the Ohio River are the true Midwestern states (Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio). If that's true then do you call Missouri a Plains State????

Great Plains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Missouri is more culturally a southern state. It has more in common with Arkansas than with Kansas.

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by city414

what does this have to do with geography? if kansas isnt midwest what does in fall in west coast? not....

north east/ east coast
south east
south
west coast
southwest
midwest

where does kansas fit in with those

Kansas is a Plains state, which many consider a sub-region of the Midwest.

[TNRyan23]

Originally Posted by mimzymusic

kansas seems to have southern elements

Kansas is a plains state with Nebraksa, The Dakotas, and Oklahoma.

Missouri is mid-west, Arkansas... no one wants to claim them...

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by TNRyan23

Kansas is a plains state with Nebraksa, The Dakotas, and Oklahoma.

Missouri is mid-west, Arkansas... no one wants to claim them...

Small portions of Kansas do have some southern elements. Some examples would be southeast Kansas, and southwest Kansas (which has some Texas influences).