The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 年前"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldimagemessage-square221fedilinkarrow-up1862arrow-down124
arrow-up1838arrow-down1image"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 年前message-square221fedilink
minus-squareJJROKCZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 年前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
minus-squarePlasterAnalyst@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 年前Missouri is pretty Southern culturally, due to all the racism.
minus-squareJJROKCZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 年前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
minus-squarePiecemakers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 年前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.
minus-squaretheodewere@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-22 年前similarly, there’s a good chunk of Southern Illinois that is basically indistinguishable from Kentucky… same for Indiana…
minus-squaretasty4skin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 年前my guess is that the 4.7% of missourians saying no are all in the ozarks/boot heel
minus-squarejscummy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 年前There’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.