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Spencer Quain (@SpencerQuain) Tweeted:
As a Geography undergrad, i just had to have a go at it. https://t.co/hpjIZPQlMP
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Also IMO, there should be more ofAppalachia in eastern Ohio.
Glorfindel
(9,739 posts)It has much, much more in common with western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee than with the rest of the state of Georgia. I live there, and I know.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,679 posts)Probably Northern NY, VT, and NH as well (discounting the tourism towns/cities). Certinly have more in common than with the rest of the NE block.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Today it is considered "Boston North".
This New England, for sure.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,679 posts)I live in the 2nd.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Well, to get to northern Maine you have to go through New England.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,679 posts)But that's not the point of the post!
I am sorta living in 2 area's - South of Boston and North of Waterville....talk about 2 different worlds!
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Did Trump give it back to Russia?
And Hawaii?
He gave it to North Korea?
mitch96
(13,929 posts)Kinda gives people an idea of where we are at I think....
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yonder
(9,682 posts)that the midwest generally refers to places like Ohio, Indiana, Nebraska when in my book it should be what the map is calling Deseret (Utah-ish). And speaking of Deseret, all of southern Idaho should be included as well.
Great map though. I like it.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Nowhere near Deseret (Utah-ish).
yonder
(9,682 posts)Places commonly referred to as the midwest should be the Deseret area and not that area between say Kansas and Pennsylvania which seems to be convention for some reason.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Isn't that on the western side of the Rockies?
Midwest? I don't see it.
yonder
(9,682 posts)Ohio State University: usually referred to as a midwest school
Indiana: most folks say that's in the midwest.
That's my point; to be in the midwest, convention notwithstanding, they would be in Utah or Nevada. Somewhere in the middle part of the Western United States.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)So, the middle part of the Eastern United States, would be ?
yonder
(9,682 posts)Captain Zero
(6,841 posts)yep
csziggy
(34,139 posts)And the lands west of the Mississippi became "The West."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States#Background
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Definition
Traditional definitions of the Midwest include the Northwest Ordinance Old Northwest states and many states that were part of the Louisiana Purchase. The states of the Old Northwest are also known as Great Lakes states and are east-north central in the United States. The Ohio River runs along the southeastern section while the Mississippi River runs north to south near the center. Many of the Louisiana Purchase states in the west-north central United States, are also known as the Great Plains states, where the Missouri River is a major waterway joining with the Mississippi. The Midwest lies north of the 36°30? parallel that the 1820 Missouri Compromise established as the dividing line between future slave and non-slave states.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States#Definition
yonder
(9,682 posts)I acknowledged that by the first few words of my original post #6: "Damn, history and conventions aside..."
It still bugs my sense of proportion that states like Iowa or Nebraska are considered/called the midwest which was my original point and apparently misunderstood by another poster. I guess this born and raised and proud Westerner thinks of "midwest" as a verbal taking of sorts, a spatial crime if you will, by those "not from around these here parts".
I like the OP's map. Some of those terms could be adopted. And from your posted text, "Heartland" would be a great replacement for midwest.
Of course, mine is a minor gripe, kind of like po-tay-toe or po-tah-toe. And in the big picture, my beef is certainly small potatoes in a big world faced with HUGE problems.
csziggy
(34,139 posts)I live outside Tallahassee in North Florida, which is NOT "The South". My husband grew up in Panama City, Florida, the "Redneck Riviera" where the saying is "You have to go north to get to the Deep South."
While both towns are very different, they are not the culture of the Deep South. On average people are better educated and in Tallahassee we a much bluer population, despite the Republicans the rest of the state send up here. Panama City is redder than Tallahassee, but still bluer than most of the stereotypical South.
Frankly I am getting tired of seeing maps that purport to define but actually divide our country. Democrats should be trying to pull our people back together, not having discussion about how to chop them up into new countries.
yonder
(9,682 posts)I'll admit I lump all of Florida together and Florida with all of the "Southeast".
empedocles
(15,751 posts)Leith
(7,813 posts)That's an interesting place to put it.
Captain Zero
(6,841 posts)There may be majorities Appalachian in a number of counties that used to have auto and auto related plants.
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Tikki
(14,560 posts)A real California region.
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