What is YOUR definition of the Midwest?

To some, the Midwest is Kansas, Nebraska, etc...

To me, the Midwest is Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana...

I always considered Kansas, etc. to be the Great Plains or whatever...though maybe that's cause I'm from Wisconsin\

So, what is it?

Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas.

I have NEVER figured out why people consider Ohio to be in the Midwest. Maybe back in the 1850's, it was.

Illinois and Kansas both count, but Missouri doesn't? How do you justify that one geographically?

I put Missouri as one of the states.

Hell.
I'm sticking to the coasts.

If Hell exists on earth, it's those two shit hole cities. Thanks for staying away from Chicago! :hi:

Every block, a change of clothes!
A never sleeping city- what else is better?

The states that are sometimes referred to as "midwestern states", have little in common with MI, WI, IA, IL, MN, and maybe even OH (though southern OH is pretty conservative).

Culturally they are much more similar to the South. They are socially much more conservative than the midwest.

I think I'd think of them as the Great Plane states. It'd be easier to differentiate them from the other midwestern states.

Of course another designation could be that the states surrounding the great lakes are great lakes states - MI, WI, IL, and OH.

pretty much cuts out the conventional "midwest" :shrug:


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, So. Dakota, No. Dakota, Iowa. The controversial one for me is Oklahoma. I think Oklahoma is in the Midwest. I have seen it counted as the Southwest and counted as the South. It is most definitely part of the Midwest. Unless you have a geographical region called the Great Plains which works for me too. Oklahoma would then be a part of the Great plains.

and you've got the Midwest, IMO.

im in ohio, maybe thats the difference. basically, i consider everything north of kentucky, and between the mississippi river and appalachian mountains to be the midwest


:hippie: THe Incorrigible Democrat

really...i dont consider it the midwest, its not the east, not really the south...????


:hippie: THe Incorrigible Democrat

really.

How do you like that.... fusion of two totally unrelated polls.

Having lived in several different Midwest cities I can tell you I've only heard pop in Chicago.

in Missouri, Iowa, Indiana, or Wisconsin

we are beligerantly pop:) however, cleveland is soda

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

At least by natives. The collegiate (U of Illinois) population obviously has some "poppers" among them.

A friend of mine says pop, god what a fool :D, and hes from near rochester.

Great Plains: Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and I would even argue Texas and Oklahoma. I would say the culture of Texas has more in common with Nebraska than it does Louisiana. As for the Dakotas, I would jump to agree with an earlier poster on the idea that they aren't the Midwest and their culture is more in tune with Montana and Idaho, but I wouldn't want to put them in with the Mountain States, it's a tough call.

Great Lakes:
Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana are the Great Lakes.

Another way to put it is states with Big 12 teams vs. states with Big 10 teams. Taking PA's Penn State out and Iowa U being in the Big 10. They also have Iowa State in the Big 12.

Why split Iowa and Minnesota into two different categories??

that is of course because we're getting to be very diverse.

Kinda like how North Dakota is split between Fargo and everywhere else. That's why all the "out-staters" call us Fargoans "elitist snobs".:eyes:

even if you go a little to the west out here to loundon county, youre pretty much in the typical south.

"civilization " (Arlington, Fairfax, Falls Church, Alexandria) vs "the boonies" :evilgrin:


and I'm not so sure about the far edges of Fairfax!

Why separate Iowa from Missouri?