Why is Iowa considered to be in the Upper Midwest and why isn't Nebraska? (credit, architecture)
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No one can say something is 100% true, unless it's already happened. Not hard to dispute that. Also, not sure what this has to do with the Iowa/Nebraska thing. You know, the bashing of the US.
No one can say something is 100% true, unless it's already happened. Not hard to dispute that. Also, not sure what this has to do with the Iowa/Nebraska thing. You know, the bashing of the US.
Well I didn't derail the thread. I was just discussing with someone what the most pure distillation of Midwestern culture was, because of the fact that Iowa is often cited as being the state that is the most representative of the Midwest.
I wasn't bashing the US either, I was merely stating what it is a well established fact, that the US, and the western world at large, is in a deep state of disarray and turmoil at the moment.
Since you haven't lived here before, and don't really know the area personally, Iowa is not much, at all like Wisconsin or Michigan...I can't speak for Ohio. It is similar to parts of Minnesota, parts of Nebraska, and maybe eastern parts of SD and Kansas, but not that much like Kansas, I don't think. All these states are different, and trying to figure out which one embodies these many states over this very vast region, is kind of pointless. What might be the "norm" for Iowa, could be quite different from the "norm" in WI. Kind of futile, and I don't get why people try to pick one random area to embody the entire Midwest.
Since you haven't lived here before, and don't really know the area personally, Iowa is not much, at all like Wisconsin or Michigan...I can't speak for Ohio. It is similar to parts of Minnesota, parts of Nebraska, and maybe eastern parts of SD and Kansas, but not that much like Kansas, I don't think. All these states are different, and trying to figure out which one embodies these many states over this very vast region, is kind of pointless. What might be the "norm" for Iowa, could be quite different from the "norm" in WI. Kind of futile, and I don't get why people try to pick one random area to embody the entire Midwest.
I agree. When I think of the midwest, I think of the north central region as a whole, not just the rural areas. I think of the industrial cities, the great lakes, the north woods, cold winters, and farmland. I think Iowa is representative of the rural midwest but not the midwest as a whole.
I agree. When I think of the midwest, I think of the north central region as a whole, not just the rural areas. I think of the industrial cities, the great lakes, the north woods, cold winters, and farmland. I think Iowa is representative of the rural midwest but not the midwest as a whole.
I completely agree as well.
Iowa is probably the quintessence of "Middle America", though.
These are all a part of the Midwest. Maybe not your version, but these cities exist...Milwaukee in the first pic, Chicago second, and Michigan. A whole lot more pics like these that maybe don't fit your version of a sleepy Iowa town. These pics represent a diverse Midwest...not the "movie" version.
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