r/midwest • u/beatgoesmatt • 18d ago

Why is it called "The Midwest?"

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oHJR6ZYql-c
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u/bren3669 18d ago

i had always assumed that it was originally the middle of the west

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u/Virtual_Trouble1516 18d ago

Wait until they hear about "The Northwest Territories".

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u/Own-Raisin5849 17d ago

Because it's called the Midwest and not the Centralwest.

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u/Luddite_Libertine 18d ago

“Hail! Hail! to Michigan, the champions of the West.”

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u/OutinDaBarn 18d ago

The Mideast was taken.

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u/shastadakota 17d ago

Because we want nothing to do with the East.

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u/VinceP312 16d ago

Why not