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Where is ‘the Midwest’? (hexbear.net)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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Contentious issue I know, but recently I’ve encountered a number of people who believe that Ohio (and sometimes Indiana and Michigan) is not truly part of the Midwest. Which to me is preposterous since I’ve always considered Ohio the most quintessentially Midwestern state. Midwest to me has always been very nearly synonymous with rust belt, but it seems there are a fair number of people who place the Midwest more in what I’d call the Great Plains, or Greater Minnesota. So I’m wondering where do you all place the Midwest.

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[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Regional nationalism (regionalism?) is annoying as hell. I don’t give a shit if you’re “east coast” or “from the bay” or “the south” or “midwest.” You’re all americans, thus all annoying.

[–] rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

dawg every country has regions

[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Okay but the Kanto region is the only real one because it also exists in Pokémon

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago

The only region of the US that I'll recognize as having legitimacy is Unova.

[–] alexandra_kollontai@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Vatican City?

[–] rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

i refuse to recognize vatican city

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago

OK but when we eventually balkanize you're gonna have to start learning this shit