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Water: Great Lakes > the Gulf Winner: Midwest (Though neither hold a candle to the Pacific)
Food: Soul food > Pirogies and sausage Winner: South
Weather: Four seasons > Oppressive heat, and rainy, muddy winters Winner: Midwest
Landscape: Forest > Corn fields Winner: South
Cities: Chicago>Atlanta>Minneapolis>Charlotte>Indianapolis >Birmingham>Detroit Winner: Draw
Politics: Iowa Caucasus > South Carolina Primary Winner: Midwest
Water: Great Lakes > the Gulf Winner: Midwest (Though neither hold a candle to the Pacific)
Food: Soul food > Pirogies and sausage Winner: South
Weather: Four seasons > Oppressive heat, and rainy, muddy winters Winner: Midwest
Landscape: Forest > Corn fields Winner: South
Cities: Chicago>Atlanta>Minneapolis>Charlotte>Indianapolis >Birmingham>Detroit Winner: Draw
Politics: Iowa Caucasus > South Carolina Primary Winner: Midwest
I'd say it's pretty much a draw.
This is an overly simplistic comparison, and that's an understatement.
Hell yea Chicago. I like the south more as a region, but people generally spend the vast majority of their time within the same 50 mile radius. Chicago is the biggest and busiest city out of these two regions, so when it comes to living, it's going to be the Midwest for me because that's where Chicago is.
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But, does the midwest have bread more festive than cornbread?
No, but there's this sweet deep-fried dessert pastry called festival in Jamaica.
Really? The weather isn't even a comparison so why argue? I lived ten years in Atlanta and it was the blandest weather I've ever encountered. A warm Autumn, a warm Spring, a hot Summer and a cool winter. That represents the four seasons? A few places in the Mountains don't make up for 97% of the rest of the region.
Without even looking I would be willing to be that Atlanta doesn't have one month during the entire winter that averages below freezing. Heck, I bet Richmond barely touches below freezing and Virginia is about as far North as the South goes without counting West Virginia (which is a border state IMO). That is not cold and that's coming from someone that lives in one of the warmest Midwestern cities.
Really? The weather isn't even a comparison so why argue? I lived ten years in Atlanta and it was the blandest weather I've ever encountered. A warm Autumn, a warm Spring, a hot Summer and a cool winter. That represents the four seasons? A few places in the Mountains don't make up for 97% of the rest of the region.
Without even looking I would be willing to be that Atlanta doesn't have one month during the entire winter that averages below freezing. Heck, I bet Richmond barely touches below freezing and Virginia is about as far North as the South goes without counting West Virginia (which is a border state IMO). That is not cold and that's coming from someone that lives in one of the warmest Midwestern cities.
You have to realize that people up there thinks cold is at 30-40. Most of us think 50-60 is cold. To me, Atlanta is far from bland, the summers aren't as humid as they are here and the winters are cooler. Same as Little Rock and NWA. It get's below freezing here about 4 days a year, often with a windchill in the 30s and a few times it'll get down to the 20s. And this is south Louisiana. Bland would be the coastal plains. Other than that, the south gets freezes and some snow every year. I think it snows in Shreveport every year, always makes the news here whenever it snows in a Louisiana city and Shreveport is often the city of envy during winter to get to experience snowfall.
Midwest..the only place in the southern region I would live is Miami.
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