Where does the Midwest start and end? (moving to, dryer)
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This forum seems full of that. I avoid forceful opinions on places I'm not personally familiar with, because I've been surprised visiting places for the first time so many times.
And people can always ask people who live elsewhere. It’s okay to say I don’t know or I am unsure.
Geography and sociology seems like a pretty relevant thing to be researching right now, given the tumultuous social climate we're currently in.
The media, both mainstream and social, have a vested interest in distorting reality for the sake of their bottom lines. That's not to say that the polarization we see in society today isn't real but there's definitely a disconnect between the day-to-day reality on the ground and the selective coverage we see in the media.
I learned through personal experience of living in different geographies, as well as, a lot of travel.
Sometimes it seems people have very strong (sometimes limited or incorrect) opinions about geography and places without actually having spent much if any time there.
Nobody knows this more than us Southerners.
I'd say in general, people tend to have the strongest and loudest opinions about the things they know the least about (i.e., the Dunning-Kruger effect).
When I think of the true Midwest I think of the Great Lakes states which are Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio and Indiana. I know Pennsylvania borders a Great lake and so does New York but there too far east. The Great Plains states go in their own category to me. Although my great grand father was from Omaha Nebraska and he migrated to Chicago for work in the early 1900's , so maybe the mindset is that Chicago is the central hub of the Midwest and Omaha was a satellite. So probably the Great Plains are the Midwest after all.
Last edited by sidneyinmyeyes34; 03-10-2023 at 05:06 PM..
I used to believe that the American Midwest corresponded to those states that had colleges/universities that participated in the Big Ten Athletic Conference - Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa.
Then I read that the word 'Midwest' was originally used to define the area roughly around Kansas and Nebraska. Think about it - L. Frank Baum's character Dorothy Gale of Kansas is (was?) definitely a Midwesterner.
The area known conceptually as the Midwest eventually expanded northward and eastward, starting from Kansas, the Midwest stretches north to the American Canadian border, east to Ohio, and encompasses all the US states therein.
I used to believe that the American Midwest corresponded to those states that had colleges/universities that participated in the Big Ten Athletic Conference - Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa.
Then I read that the word 'Midwest' was originally used to define the area roughly around Kansas and Nebraska. Think about it - L. Frank Baum's character Dorothy Gale of Kansas is (was?) definitely a Midwesterner.
The area known conceptually as the Midwest eventually expanded northward and eastward, starting from Kansas, the Midwest stretches north to the American Canadian border, east to Ohio, and encompasses all the US states therein.
The midwest originally referred to the old northwestern states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota. Kansas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas were considered Midwestern later on. Minnesota was actually still referred to as northwestern until the 60s.
The midwest originally referred to the old northwestern states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota. Kansas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas were considered Midwestern later on. Minnesota was actually still referred to as northwestern until the 60s.
I posted in a different thread that WCCO had a commercial on that promoted themselves as the "Northwest's News Leader" in 1981.
I posted in a different thread that WCCO had a commercial on that promoted themselves as the "Northwest's News Leader" in 1981.
There was also Northwest Airlines, which was founded in Detroit and moved its headquarters to Minneapolis.
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