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[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Illinoisan here, Pennsylvania and Idaho need to get their heads checked. I wouldn’t consider anything west of Kansas or east of Ohio(being generous there) as Midwest. Also just about anything south of the Missouri Compromise Line is a southern state, the Midwest is not the home of traitors.

Edit: correct mason Dixon to Missouri compromise

[–] Tok0@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don’t think Ohio is mid west.. I know(think) it had something to do with the original 13 colonies but at this point the naming conventions need to change definitions.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Not really. Midwest is more west of Appalachia, north of slave states, and east of the Rockies. It’s the land between the mountain ranges

[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Disappointed they didn't survey the whole nation. It'd be funny to see figures like "0.1%" for Florida or Hawaii.