Where's the line between Midwest and East?

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Originally Posted by PerryMason614

The more I think about it, the dividing between transitional east (Appalachian and Allegheny Mountains) and Midwest is as follows:

Starting at Cleveland, take I-77 from Cleveland to Cambridge (Western Cleveland is definitely the Midwest; the eastern part of Cleveland is what may confuse people);

From Cambridge follow I -70 until about Ohio Route 13;

From Newark, then due south until you get to U.S. 22 in Lancaster;

From Lancaster, follow U.S. 22 to Ohio Route 104 (at Circleville);

From Circleville, follow Ohio Route 104 down to the Ohio River. Everything west of that and north of the Ohio River is Midwest!

I think this is a pretty fair line, honestly.
I have lived in Columbus almost my entire life, save two years in Houston and four in college at Toledo. Much of my mother's family lives in western Ohio (Auglaize County). I consider myself a Midwesterner through and through. If I grew up even 40 miles east or south of here, I think I'd change my mind.
When I go to Athens, Logan or Zanesville, I do not feel like I'm in the Midwest. My parents now live in Thornville, right off Ohio 13 about 12 miles south of Newark and about 22 miles east of me, and I consider that squarely on the boundary between the Midwest and Appalachia.

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Originally Posted by Natural510

I'd say state lines are fairly accurate. Driving I-70, the road starts to flatten almost immediately west of Wheeling WV. Ohio has similarities to all the states it borders, but in the end is definitively Midwestern.

I-77 goes thru hilly terrain south of Canton.