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I agree there are many faces of the midwest, just like every other region in the US, but every single place I have lived and visited in the Midwest has a common thread to it. It's just that certain cities have it less than others. Chicago has it the least (but it exists in a few areas), for example. I have found Des Moines to have it the most of the big cities and Indianapolis to be up there but not the most.
I've never been to Des Moines, so can't compare.
I ranked Indy based on the midwest cities I've been to (long enough to say I've been vs just passing through)...
Detroit,
Toledo
Dayton
Cincinnati
Fort Wayne
South Bend
Chicago
Milwaulkee
Indianapolis
Madison
...I think Indy was the most Midwestern...though I think Fort Wayne would maybe be more typical? (no state capital).
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I do not think Columbus feels the most midwestern. It is in the "start" of the midwest. It stradles the great lakes, east coast, midwest, and appalachian regions. Thus it is influenced by all of these. Many transplants are from east coast/great lakes cities, and bring that culture with them. The city is more liberal than your average midwestern city.
I would say Indianapolis, for a big city. I think it is important though to identify the different between midwestern and great lakes. Missouri is a very different place than Ohio and really shouldn't be the same "region"
Why shouldn't it be the same region? Have you ever been to either state? Both states are Midwestern. Midwest and Great Lakes are not that different at all. St. Louis and Cleveland are very, very similar cities. If you're suggesting that something magical happens when you hit the Great Lakes, you're wrong. Culturally, demographically, etc. there is not a major difference between Midwest and Great LAkes.
That's like saying Tennessee shouldn't be in the same region as Louisiana because of its being in Applachia.
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Right, so it's called the Gateway to the South because it's a border city. I'm still going to say it's not the Midwest...if Louisville is Midwestern, you have to say Lexington is as well...and no way in Well, all the people I know who live there say Louisville is not the Midwest. So I guess to each his own, but Louisville has all the essential characteristics of the "New South" by today's standards. Politically, socially, demographically, culturally, and linguistically, Louisville is a Southern city. I wish missymomof3 were still active on here...she'd tell you all about how Southern it is. It has 5 times as much in common with Nashville than it does with Indianapolis. It is within the range of Southern dialect and had sweet tea long before Mickey D's moved it north of the Mason-Dixon line.
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My vote would be for Omaha or Des Moines, although I guess it's hard to capture what quintessential Midwest is.
I'd have to disagree about Omaha, simply because it's got too "western" of a feel to it, although it certainly has the most in common with Des Moines of any city in the Midwest besides Kansas City.
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. I'm still going to say it's not the Midwest...if Louisville is Midwestern, you have to say Lexington is as well...and no way in Well, all the people I know who live there say Louisville is not the Midwest. So I guess to each his own, but Louisville has all the essential characteristics of the "New South" by today's standards. Politically, socially, demographically, culturally, and linguistically, Louisville is a Southern city. I wish missymomof3 were still active on here...she'd tell you all about how Southern it is. It has 5 times as much in common with Nashville than it does with Indianapolis. It is within the range of Southern dialect and had sweet tea long before Mickey D's moved it north of the Mason-Dixon line.
