Midwest?
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Does anyone know how the "Midwest" got that designation? I have always wondered this. I was raised in the geographical center of the nation and always wondered how something 800 miles east could still be considered west.
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During colonial times, when there were only 13 states clustered along the east coast, even moving to Ohio territory was considered moving west, because it was a wilderness and you had to be a pioneer.
Later on, when the far west opened up, they had to come up with a different designation for what had been just "the west." Thus, "midwest" was born.
Later on, when the far west opened up, they had to come up with a different designation for what had been just "the west." Thus, "midwest" was born.
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I have always wondered the same thing!
I think it comes down to that old poster I saw once of the "A New Yorker's View of the World"... Everything west of Jersey was irrelevant...
I think they figure anything west of the Mississippi is "West" and what is between that and the "East" is "Midwest".
Some people are geographically "Challenged"
I think it comes down to that old poster I saw once of the "A New Yorker's View of the World"... Everything west of Jersey was irrelevant...
I think they figure anything west of the Mississippi is "West" and what is between that and the "East" is "Midwest".
Some people are geographically "Challenged"
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I am curious as to how I live in the midwest and can look out my window and see mountains. This is odd because its not really the northwest, the midwest. the farwest. Just Montana.
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