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I live in OHIO and I still can't figure out what it's called Midwest. I have lived in KS - right smack in the middle of the country. I would consider that more mid-west than Ohio.
I spent the first 21 years of my life in Kansas and Nebraska. Some people even consider these two states the west, outside of the midwest. I guess historically, the West was considered anything west of the Appalacians???
Ohio still feels like the east to me, both geographically and much of the architecture.
But yeah, I agree, the midwest covers a massive area compared to the northeast.
I live in OHIO and I still can't figure out what it's called Midwest. I have lived in KS - right smack in the middle of the country. I would consider that more mid-west than Ohio.
Well, it is all a matter of perspective isn't it?
I consider Ohio to be marginally Midwest and Indiana and Illinois to be the core of the Midwest. Kansas is marginal in the easternmost extreme of the state but much of it is Great Plains which is the West by my impression.
I used to live in Pittsburgh, PA and you'd occasionally hear debate about what region to classify Pittsburgh in. Some said midwest, some said mid-atlantic, some said appalachian. Generally, most people would say PGH is not midwest because the midwest doesn't start until Ohio. Even then though, much of eastern Ohio is sort of midwest lite. By the time you hit west Ohio and Indiana you are definitely in the midwest.
I live in OHIO and I still can't figure out what it's called Midwest. I have lived in KS - right smack in the middle of the country. I would consider that more mid-west than Ohio.
I sort of agree with you. Looking at a map, if you divided the 48 continental states into 4 parts, the Great Lake States of the Midwest (Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio) would be in the Northeast quarter. Perhaps Minnesota and Iowa also.
Why we divide the North into different sections called the Midwest and the Northeast while the South remains undivided is beyond me.
Iowa is not that flat as People imagine, it's quite hilly (large hills to boot). If you want to see real flat flat take I-44 from Wichita Falls TX to Oklahoma City, OK. First 20-30 miles stretch of I-44 on TX-OK border is golden standard for the flatness as eye can see.
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