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Do you consider the Heartland to be a group of states or do you consider the Heartland to be all of the United States that's outside of a metropolitan area just like how the Australian Outback is all of Australian that's outside of a metropolitan area.
Heartland-breadbasket of the US, has had a loosely accepted definition for a long time now. I didn't realize people thought it was a matter of opinion to include anything outside of metropolitan areas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartland_(United_States)
I perceive the US Heartland mostly to be the areas where food is grown to feed the country, natural resources are harvested to keep the country going everyday, and raw materials are turned into durable and consumable goods.
I generally accept Kansas City to be the epicenter of Heartland America with the awsome vibes pulsing out from there in every direction for almost 1000 miles. The center of the contiguous US states is in Lebanon, Kansas and the mean center of population is in the Missouri Ozarks (near Hartville, no less).
Also I would include the Great Midwest Breadbasket of America Prairielands
that have farms that go on forever as part of this Heartland. So group of states fits.
I consider the heartland to be the area East of the Rockies and West of the Appalachian's, excluding the south and any state that borders Texas. Essentially the Midwest, plus parts of Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. I don't consider that to be equivalent to the Outback.
What may be equivalent to the Outback would be most of Arizona, New Mexico, West Texas, Utah, Nevada, and South Eastern California.
I consider the heartland to be the area East of the Rockies and West of the Appalachian's, excluding the south and any state that borders Texas. Essentially the Midwest, plus parts of Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. I don't consider that to be equivalent to the Outback.
What may be equivalent to the Outback would be most of Arizona, New Mexico, West Texas, Utah, Nevada, and South Eastern California.
Agree with this. "The Heartland" is farm country. The US's Outback equivalent would be the desert Southwest.
Anyone know where the term "Heartland" comes from? Could it be related to Harz in Germany?
I consider the "Heartland" to be pretty much any predominantly rural 'typically American' area between the coasts. I don't think rural alone describes it because I don't think for example Western Washington, Maine or the Rio Grande Valley work as "heartland" because there's some pretty atypical characteristics to them. But for example I think that much of Tennessee is the heartland just like much of Wisconsin or much of Wyoming, so I don't think you can describe any specific group of states as the heartland.
I consider the heartland to be the area East of the Rockies and West of the Appalachian's, excluding the south and any state that borders Texas. Essentially the Midwest, plus parts of Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. I don't consider that to be equivalent to the Outback.
What may be equivalent to the Outback would be most of Arizona, New Mexico, West Texas, Utah, Nevada, and South Eastern California.
I'd agree with this, but I'd also clarify that for me I'd say the Heartland in that area only applies to the rural areas and small towns.
I consider the heartland to be the area East of the Rockies and West of the Appalachian's, excluding the south and any state that borders Texas. Essentially the Midwest, plus parts of Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. I don't consider that to be equivalent to the Outback.
What may be equivalent to the Outback would be most of Arizona, New Mexico, West Texas, Utah, Nevada, and South Eastern California.
Do you consider the agrarian parts of the West, e.g. central Washington, California's Central Valley, to be part of the heartland? (Genuine question, not sarcasm)
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