The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to CartographyAnarchy@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agoA map to settle the "which states count as Midwest?" debate for good.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down15
arrow-up188arrow-down1imageA map to settle the "which states count as Midwest?" debate for good.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to CartographyAnarchy@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-21 month 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-up6·1 month 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.