Do you consider Ohio "Midwest" or "Back East?" (Columbus: camps, best)

[bjimmy24]

I cringe every time someone calls Cleveland the midwest.

[Gaylenwoof]

Originally Posted by aguafria

I've ALWAYS considered Ohio to be the Midwest but he says when we fly back there we are going "back east." Please tell me I'm right!!

To be honest, I find it hard to think of Ohio as Midwest. I'm from Minnesota originally, and have lived in Ohio for the past 12 years. It doesn't seem like an "Eastern" state, but it doesn't seem like Midwest either. Now that you ask, I think I'm going to start thinking of it as "Mideast" - which sounds like Iran, Iraq, etc. but, oh well. Of course there is also the unfortunate term "rust belt" which sorta fits.

[L0ve]

Husband is from Michigan and i was born in Ohio. We call Ohio The Arm Pit.

It really is not eastern or mid western. It's pretty much just the arm pit below the mitten of Michigan. Culturally and geographically Ohio is just...Ohio.

[natininja]

Originally Posted by bjimmy24

I cringe every time someone calls Cleveland the midwest.

That's silly. You should be proud.

[natininja]

Originally Posted by Bmachina

Husband is from Michigan and i was born in Ohio. We call Ohio The Arm Pit.

It really is not eastern or mid western. It's pretty much just the arm pit below the mitten of Michigan. Culturally and geographically Ohio is just...Ohio.

It's the heart. NJ is the armpit, ME being the hand.



California is the butt and Florida the wang. Canada, of course, is the hat. Texas is the taint.

[bjimmy24]

Originally Posted by natininja

That's silly. You should be proud.

Midwest = boring, farms, nothingness

Cleveland is a Great Lakes city. So are Buffalo, Rochester, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee. We are nothing like the "midwest." I'm not proud of something that I'm not.

[Cleverfield]

Interestingly, upper midwesterners don't consider Ohio midwest, they consider it East. Minnesotans think the midwest starts with them and stops with Illinois, and maybe Indiana.

[natininja]

Originally Posted by bjimmy24

Midwest = boring, farms, nothingness

Cleveland is a Great Lakes city. So are Buffalo, Rochester, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee. We are nothing like the "midwest." I'm not proud of something that I'm not.

Pittsburgh is not a Great Lakes city.

Those cities you name, minus the NY ones and Pitt, represent one facet of the Midwest. The union/rustbelt/Great Lakes cities, emblematic as an integral part of the Midwest.

Pitt, Cincy, and STL (and debatably Louisville) are another aspect -- the river cities. (Cin and Lou did not spin that into a second life as union/rustbelt, while Pitt and STL did.)

Then there are those silly plains cities which I've never been to, so I don't pay them much mind. But they are an integral part of the Midwest, too.

I still proudly call Cincinnati Midwest, even though it doesn't fit neatly into any regional category (even "Ohioan"). Back in the day, Cincinnati was the city to pioneer the Midwest, which is pretty awesome. (I guess Marietta, OH can sort of claim this, too.)

[bjimmy24]

Originally Posted by natininja

Pittsburgh is not a Great Lakes city.

Those cities you name, minus the NY ones and Pitt, represent one facet of the Midwest. The union/rustbelt/Great Lakes cities, emblematic as an integral part of the Midwest.

No, the midwest doesn't get to claim the lake cities to pass itself off as interesting. Not midwest in the least. Pittsburgh isn't a great lakes city, but it sure is a lot more similar to Cleveland than it is to anything else.

Like Cleverfield mentioned, I've met people from St. Louis and KC who completely agree with me, that we are not even close to midwest.

I don't consider Cincinnati midwest either.

[L0ve]

Originally Posted by natininja

It's the heart. NJ is the armpit, ME being the hand.



California is the butt and Florida the wang. Canada, of course, is the hat. Texas is the taint.

Too funny.

Mexico must be the toilet that it all sits on.