The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 years ago"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldimagemessage-square281linkfedilinkarrow-up11Karrow-down129
arrow-up1973arrow-down1image"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square281linkfedilink
minus-squarePopcornTin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years 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-squareZinklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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.”
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.”