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"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-report (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They are roughly in the middle of the west, as a whole country. I think our Midwest is fairly far east, due in part to the fact that the western edge of the USA was once much further east, and many conventions have survived from that time.

I am from Illinois, which fits most folks idea of what is midwest, but it's really and truly just...middle

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Three wests were given to the US, wisest and fairest. Seven to the dwarf lords...