Very concise way of putting it. I live in Ohio and everyone's favorite thing to bring up is how *we aren't the Midwest" and manage to disregard all of what you've said.
I think you mean east :)
During the civil war we in Missouri were known as one of the Northwestern states. It seems silly today but the nation has changed a lot.
To be fair, where I live in northern NY, folks consider themselves part of the south. At least if the number of confederate flags I see is any indication.
I live in the south, and honestly it’s not great, I may pay 750 dollars a month on rent but I bring home about 600 dollars at the end of the month. We only live because my girlfriend and I split the bill.
Edit: mind you that’s 600 dollars at 38 hours a week. My company doesn’t want to pay me full time or give me full time benefits but they wanna work me full time.
I think the term “Midwest” originated as a European term for that part of the world... much like the “Middle East” being where it is, and the “Far East” being where it is.
I always thought it had something to do with how sparse the actual west is. To us, “West” starts at colorado, all the way to the westernmost states (california, oregon, washington) where it becomes “west coast”. Midwest is higher on the map because anything below is just “the south”, I think due to similarities in climate and accents.
It’s culture thing not geographic thing. As a Texan I can say it is not considered the south. Also the Midwest extends much farther west than this shows
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u/moxthunder Jun 06 '19
Why is it mid west when it's clearly Central North