• @Gingerlegs
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    1 year ago

    I think you’re joking but the name comes from the migration of the incorporation of the states into the union. Not really geographically a reference

    Edit: geographically, not geologically

    • @[email protected]
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      101 year ago

      As a Canadian, thank you for explaining. From the chart, I thought Americans in the middle states were just really bad with geography.

      (also you mean geographically, not geologically)

      • Hildegarde
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        51 year ago

        As an American, I can confirm they are just bad with geography.

    • Hildegarde
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      31 year ago

      Happy to learn that you’re unaware of all the new states.

      • @Gingerlegs
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        11 year ago

        We’re the middle child everyone forgets. Pardon my lack of empathy 😆

        • Midnight Wolf
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          21 year ago

          Yeah, I’m especially ashamed of [your state here], but [my state here] really is a trailblazer.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      Australian checking in with “I had never been told that”. I just figured it was geographical like our “mid north coast” but evidently not.

      • Ech
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        51 year ago

        The US started as 13 colonies/states on the East coast. In the terminology, everything past that is “The West”, and this general area is the middle-ish part of that, so “Midwest”.