That’s shorthand we use for people outside of the Midwest or those unfamiliar with the region.
It’s similar to a person from a suburb of Boston just saying they’re from Boston for simplicity’s sake even if a lot of important nuance and context is lost.
That’s because the majority of these regions are horseshit. Nearly everything around the Midwest in this map doesn’t exist and we’ll just say we’re from the Midwest
I’ve found a lot of folks from a lot of parts of this map would just tell me they’re “from the Midwest”.
I would venture to say that the part of all of these regions adjacent to the Midwest could be considered subregions of it. Many people you’d meet in these areas would be likely to say they’re in the Midwest.
Don’t worry, living in what the map calls “lower midwest” the midwest will do its best to not include.
I live in Missouri, friends living in midwest states “Missouri isn’t Midwest.” They can’t tell you exactly where it is, but it sure isn’t midwest. And the exclusion seems to continue all the way northward until I’m convinced Wisconsin is just attempting to rename itself “Midwest” so that no one else can claim it.
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Though, I’ve found a lot of folks from a lot of parts of this map would just tell me they’re “from the Midwest”.
That’s shorthand we use for people outside of the Midwest or those unfamiliar with the region.
It’s similar to a person from a suburb of Boston just saying they’re from Boston for simplicity’s sake even if a lot of important nuance and context is lost.
That’s because the majority of these regions are horseshit. Nearly everything around the Midwest in this map doesn’t exist and we’ll just say we’re from the Midwest
I’ve started hearing Great Lakes more and more from people in MI, MN, and WI in the last several years.
I would venture to say that the part of all of these regions adjacent to the Midwest could be considered subregions of it. Many people you’d meet in these areas would be likely to say they’re in the Midwest.
Don’t worry, living in what the map calls “lower midwest” the midwest will do its best to not include.
I live in Missouri, friends living in midwest states “Missouri isn’t Midwest.” They can’t tell you exactly where it is, but it sure isn’t midwest. And the exclusion seems to continue all the way northward until I’m convinced Wisconsin is just attempting to rename itself “Midwest” so that no one else can claim it.