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Where is ‘the Midwest’? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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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[–] bananon@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Western Pennsylvania is a special economic zone

[–] footfaults@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

special economic zone

Ohio's illegal occupation of Western Pennsylvania cannot be allowed to stand, regardless of the fact that there are ethnic Midwesterners who live in the disputed region, and Ohio's claims that they are protecting this oppressed minority

[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsyltucky

[–] footfaults@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The big "T"

[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 months ago

That nickname is reserved for the exclusive economic use of Mr. T should he decide to

[–] alexandra_kollontai@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

????

That's the mid-north, not the mid-west...

[–] bananon@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

It was named that in the 1800s, before all the actual western states joined the country