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Probably of the opposite latitude and longitude of the Middle East... obv /s

Is the food bland grey slop? You're in the midwest.

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.

I've always thought it was pretty much any state that isn't coastal, or any of the other labels like "pacific northwest" or "southwestern" or "south".. so basically everything from colorado up to montana and over to ohio. not sure about utah tho.. i think that one is just utah

Historically, it derives from the Northwest Territory, which stretched from Ohio in the east to Illinois, Wisconsin, and parts of Minnesota in the west. It was (poorly) relabeled, and retained the West part of its name instead of the North part, which is strange since the concept of manifest destiny was already in use since at least the 1840s, which argued for the inevitability of westward expansion to the Pacific Ocean.

This neither lines up with the Midwest census area, nor other cultural ideas of the Midwest, both which include parts of the great plains region.

Source: state history classes from inside the Midwest

Ope.

As someone outside the US I've heard it refer to anywhere the area approximately defined between upstate NY and Denver Colorado.