The Picard Maneuver to Mildly [email protected] • 8 months ago"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldimagemessage-square282fedilinkarrow-up11Karrow-down129
arrow-up1971arrow-down1image"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver to Mildly [email protected] • 8 months agomessage-square282fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink33•edit-28 months agoSo North-Central. Got it. (Am not American and don’t know American history very well)
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkEnglish6•8 months agoWhen I was in highschool I thought Midwest referred to California and stuff because it’s the middle (North south wise) and in the west.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•8 months agoYou’ve got the East and West regions defined by the coasts. Then you have the South, but it’s really just the southeast. The rest wants to be called the Midwest. There is no North, I guess…
minus-square@Zinklink1•8 months agoThere is Alaska, but even with them I’ve never heard it called “the north.” Maybe when vacationing somewhere in the south, you might say “oh we’re from up north” but that’s only to contrast with “the south.”
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilinkEnglish4•8 months agoLooks northeastern more than mid western
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•8 months agoIt called the midwest from a time a ago when the Mississippi river was the western edge. USA grew a bit and then more but the name stayed the same.
So North-Central. Got it. (Am not American and don’t know American history very well)
When I was in highschool I thought Midwest referred to California and stuff because it’s the middle (North south wise) and in the west.
You’ve got the East and West regions defined by the coasts. Then you have the South, but it’s really just the southeast. The rest wants to be called the Midwest. There is no North, I guess…
That’s good old Canada.
There is Alaska, but even with them I’ve never heard it called “the north.”
Maybe when vacationing somewhere in the south, you might say “oh we’re from up north” but that’s only to contrast with “the south.”
Looks northeastern more than mid western
It called the midwest from a time a ago when the Mississippi river was the western edge. USA grew a bit and then more but the name stayed the same.