though we also think of it as just plain "midwest". I know people who refer to anything east of Illinois as "back east" - including members of my family which has been in Minnesota since 1857. When I was a kid my dad was transferred to Buffalo, NY and when we'd come back here for vacation I'd sometimes get introduced as "my cousin, niece etc.. from back east". That always sounds to me like the speaker just arrived here in their covered wagon looking for a homestead.
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