• @wreckedcarzz
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    126 days ago

    This has legitimately always pissed me off. The mid(dle) west is not in the eastern portion of the country. The first thing I’d do as supreme leader of the united furry states of america is put everyone that says things like “Ohio is in the midwest” onto a boat headed to the Bermuda Triangle. Then sink it when it approaches, just to be sure.

    I’ve heard arguments “but in 1612 we didn’t know that if we kept walking we would find more land” or “the population density is what matters”. You know what I say? On the boat.

    • @[email protected]
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      226 days ago

      I remember being very confused about Ohio being part of the Midwest when I was learning geography in school. It’s literally one state away from the east coast.

      Of course, the concept of “Midwest” as a whole is pretty confusing. I get that it’s meant to be about halfway to the western part of the US, since we started on the east coast, but it’s a bit of an antiquated term at this point.

      If anything, we should call it the Middle-North or Midnorth for short, since that’s a more objective description of it’s placement in the country, without the old east-coast-centric viewpoint featured in “Midwest.”

      • tiredofsametab
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        226 days ago

        “Great Lakes” is a regional name, but it isn’t used all that much since it’s sometimes too narrow.

      • @kofe
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        26 days ago

        I’d say it’s all mid, along with Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and uhhhh I’m too tired to look at the picture again to see if I’m missing any other worthy candidates (brace for ninja edit)

        Ok yeah Louisiana too. Fuck it the whole US is mid Mexicanadian