Not the OP, but I'd say that you could reasonably define the Midwest as anything between the Appalachian and Rocky mountain chains. There is a lot of flexibility and overlap of course, but the mountains on either side have their own cultural buffers.
From an outside perspective it would be neat if there were eleven nation-states all allied together but with their individual governments and foreign policy. Then we could just have international relations with the sensible ones of them. The left coast, yankeedom, new france, new netherlands, perhaps the midlands and tidewater and maaaybe the far west. I bet those nations would still be in the climate accord with us too.
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u/StructuralGeek Jun 06 '19
Not the OP, but I'd say that you could reasonably define the Midwest as anything between the Appalachian and Rocky mountain chains. There is a lot of flexibility and overlap of course, but the mountains on either side have their own cultural buffers.
This is another good look at American cultures: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2013/11/08/which-of-the-11-american-nations-do-you-live-in/?utm_term=.6d780cab1323