Do you consider Ohio "Midwest" or "Back East?" (definition, moved)

[TheMahValley]

Originally Posted by mrfgsn

I already told you the reasons. There actually is a right and wrong, but we could debate that all night. Industry, culture, religion, demographics...both cities being similar sizes to Cleveland, etc. And I tried explaining the same thing to TheMahValley that this forum is about having rights to our own opinions, but apparently he/she didn't want to hear it. If you want to stick to your own opinion, that's fine. Have at it. I'm just chipping in my two cents worth.

Stop bringing me into your discussions with others. You did this last time and it didn't go well. NEVER ONCE did I say you could not express your opinion on here. It is you who has a problem with people expressing their opinions, and you immediately put them down for doing so.

You certainly haven't changed. I was going to give you a break, but keep it up and I will report you.

[mrfgsn]

Originally Posted by TheMahValley

Stop bringing me into your discussions with others. You did this last time and it didn't go well. NEVER ONCE did I say you could not express your opinion on here. It is you who has a problem with people expressing their opinions, and you immediately put them down for doing so.

You certainly haven't changed. I was going to give you a break, but keep it up and I will report you.

Fine. Good to know I was wrong about you. I'm done. Have a good one.

[kpl1228]

My wife calls Ohio "the East" and some times lumps it in with "the East Coast."
She's from Arizona so I'm convinced that anything without a cactus is "East" to her. But many other West folks share her views in many ways.
I think Ohio straddles both worlds. Western Ohio and its prairie are like Illinois, NE Ohio is a lot like NJ or at least NY state.

[Ohio-117]

Originally Posted by kpl1228

My wife calls Ohio "the East" and some times lumps it in with "the East Coast."
She's from Arizona so I'm convinced that anything without a cactus is "East" to her. But many other West folks share her views in many ways.
I think Ohio straddles both worlds. Western Ohio and its prairie are like Illinois, NE Ohio is a lot like NJ or at least NY state.

I gotta agree with you. My hometown is pretty close to 'mid-west'. Closest cops are the county sheriff, fire/ambulance service runs two trucks on a volunteer basis, and most of our roads have very sparse traffic.

Yet just 5-15 minutes south and you'll land in 'east-coast' Warren, complete with a city police, a good deal of traffic, though to my knowledge, no real skyscrapers. and 30-45 minutes south and Youngstown is full of skyscrapers and all the other 'east coast' stuff.

To be honest, even though I'm from Ohio, anything without a cactus is east coast to me too .

[ram2]

Originally Posted by kpl1228

I think Ohio straddles both worlds. Western Ohio and its prairie are like Illinois, NE Ohio is a lot like NJ or at least NY state.

The tallest point in Ohio is in the western half of the state near Bellefontaine. There is a ski slope there. Not really prairie.

[Mplsite]

Midwest 100% and that goes for NE Ohio too without a doubt.

[Ball freak]

I consider Ohio completely Midwestern except for Southeast and South Central Ohio which are more Southern.

[sheena12]

Midwest - in the best of all that the Midwest has to offer.

[pekemom]

Born in Youngstown and my family moved to California in 1959, to Colorado in 1981, we
always referred to Ohio as "back east".

[ohazco]

Why does this thread keep rising to the top?! The two are NOT mutually exclusive, Ohio is a midwestern state by definition, and may also be "back east" to anyone out west as that is only a relative term, not a geographical region.