The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to CartographyAnarchy@sh.itjust.works · 4 days agoA map to settle the "which states count as Midwest?" debate for good.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down15
arrow-up186arrow-down1imageA map to settle the "which states count as Midwest?" debate for good.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to CartographyAnarchy@sh.itjust.works · 4 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-24 days ago“Midwest” was coined by people who had no idea how far west the country really went. Almost all of the midwest is in the eastern half of the US.
minus-squareKühlschrank@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoYep, Colorado is probably as geographically mid-west as it gets and you’d get resistance from almost anyone living there if you insinuated they were Midwestern.
“Midwest” was coined by people who had no idea how far west the country really went. Almost all of the midwest is in the eastern half of the US.
Yep, Colorado is probably as geographically mid-west as it gets and you’d get resistance from almost anyone living there if you insinuated they were Midwestern.