I live in the Midwest and I still don’t really understand why half of it is on the eastern part of America.
I’m open to being corrected, but my guess would be the long time gap between the original colonization of the east coast and the spread west of there. In 1776 US borders extended to Pennsylvania, so when settlers started moving to Ohio and beyond I imagine they would have called it “The West” until they realized how much west there really was.
Canada is just Northern Midwest
as a canadian, yes
Don’t forget Puerto Ridwest, American Smidwest, and the Virgin Ismidwest.
“cold Midwest” is fuckin true about Alaska, though
Yeah. Watching reality TV out of Alaska, there’s some solid Midwest vibes. They have every cultural right to claim the term, if they want it.
I giggled at the bulk of this, but actually laughed out loud when I got to “cold Midwest”.
As a midwesterner, we’re happy to share the term. We like to include people. And to feed people. And to make sure they have a place to stay tonight that isn’t too far away to drive safely, there’s a pull out couch, I can put a fresh sheet on it, it’s no trouble.
