What state is the hardest to box into a certain region?

[Kaszilla]

Originally Posted by Bluefox

I think all of the plains states are a midwestern (or southern for OK and TX)/western mix. Texas up to North Dakota. I think the Great Plains should be its own region. Rapid City, Scottsbluff, etc aren’t Midwest. Period.

I agree with this. Texas up to ND are transition states.

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by Kaszilla

I agree with this. Texas up to ND are transition states.

Another thing to think of is that you can't grow hardly any of the trees found in the Great Lakes region in most areas of the Great Plains. It shows what a huge difference in climate exists across the region.

[Space_League]

take a trip anywhere in Florida that's on Central Time and tell me you aren't in the deep south

https://goo.gl/maps/zf2uNoGiAPnL4uCX6
https://goo.gl/maps/vKZZY18G21nXKJSj6

[Tusco]

Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas.


Add Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota as well after realizing that Mount Rushmore is in the Census Bureau's definition of the Midwest.

[IowanFarmer]

I think Oklahoma and West Virginia are the two best examples.

Also, the Midwest is a really varied region. The census bureau splits it at the Mississippi, and by and large there's a pretty dramatic difference depending on what side you're on. There are parts of Minnesota (and to a lesser extent Iowa) that fit in with points east, and a lot of rural Illinois fits in with points west, but I think that's a generally accurate divider of the Midwest into Great Lakes or Great Plains subregions.