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minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year agoThink of the time when the name came about (late 1700s or early 1800s), anything beyond the coastal states was “the west” and what they called the Midwest was (kind of) in the middle of it.
minus-square13igTyme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoYup. West of the East Coast cities, but not past the mountains. Which for the most part acted as a barrier.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoNo, it was definitely past the mountains, just not past the other mountains.
minus-squaresawdustprophet@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year ago“We’ve had mountains yes, but what about second mountains?”
Think of the time when the name came about (late 1700s or early 1800s), anything beyond the coastal states was “the west” and what they called the Midwest was (kind of) in the middle of it.
Yup. West of the East Coast cities, but not past the mountains. Which for the most part acted as a barrier.
No, it was definitely past the mountains, just not past the other mountains.
“We’ve had mountains yes, but what about second mountains?”