The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year ago"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldimagemessage-square273fedilinkarrow-up1964arrow-down128
arrow-up1936arrow-down1image"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square273fedilink
minus-squareJJROKCZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 year agoYes the Illinois/Missouri/Iowa group could be nothing other than Midwest, I don’t know how those aren’t 100%. We’re the poster children of Midwest
minus-squarePlasterAnalyst@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 year agoMissouri is pretty Southern culturally, due to all the racism.
minus-squareJJROKCZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoOh I know, I live here, it’s still IN the Midwest though. STL and KC are at least decent cities, the rest of the state is horrible though
minus-squarePiecemakers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoSt. Louis is actually referred to (by its tourism board, at least) as “The Gateway to The West”. So, if it’s not mid west, I don’t know what they’re thinking.
minus-squaretheodewere@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 year agosimilarly, there’s a good chunk of Southern Illinois that is basically indistinguishable from Kentucky… same for Indiana…
minus-squaretasty4skin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agomy guess is that the 4.7% of missourians saying no are all in the ozarks/boot heel
minus-squarejscummy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThere’s a big cultural divide for Illinois, Chicago isn’t very “Midwest” compared to downstate.
Yes the Illinois/Missouri/Iowa group could be nothing other than Midwest, I don’t know how those aren’t 100%. We’re the poster children of Midwest
Missouri is pretty Southern culturally, due to all the racism.
Oh I know, I live here, it’s still IN the Midwest though. STL and KC are at least decent cities, the rest of the state is horrible though
St. Louis is actually referred to (by its tourism board, at least) as “The Gateway to The West”. So, if it’s not mid west, I don’t know what they’re thinking.
similarly, there’s a good chunk of Southern Illinois that is basically indistinguishable from Kentucky… same for Indiana…
my guess is that the 4.7% of missourians saying no are all in the ozarks/boot heel
Nah, they can’t read
There’s a big cultural divide for Illinois, Chicago isn’t very “Midwest” compared to downstate.