The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 11 months ago"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldimagemessage-square224fedilinkarrow-up1860arrow-down124
arrow-up1836arrow-down1image"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square224fedilink
minus-squareTony! Toni! Toné! ☑️@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down2·11 months agoWell, Pittsburgh is culturally midwest even if they aren’t geographically so.
minus-squaretheodewere@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 months agoit was settled by a lot of the same type of Germans who continued west from there during the mid 19th Century… and its proximity to Cleveland has always sort of made it the easternmost Midwestern city…
minus-squarespacesatan@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoWe’re way too confrontational to be culturally midwest.
minus-squareTony! Toni! Toné! ☑️@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoHaven’t been to much of the Midwest, then, I guess
minus-squarespacesatan@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoI figured it was mostly passive aggressiveness rather than aggressiveness. Michigan has it too but I chalked that up to rust-belt overlap.
minus-squareTony! Toni! Toné! ☑️@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoCould be; I’m in Chicago, so what I see is just active aggressiveness, haha.
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoI view Pittsburgh as honorary Midwestern territory. It’s a fantastic city, too.
minus-squarePerfide@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoPhilly, on the other hand, is culturally… Philly.
minus-squarePiecemakers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·edit-211 months agoEy. Fuck you for saying so. And, fuck Pittsburgh. 🤌🏼
Well, Pittsburgh is culturally midwest even if they aren’t geographically so.
it was settled by a lot of the same type of Germans who continued west from there during the mid 19th Century… and its proximity to Cleveland has always sort of made it the easternmost Midwestern city…
We’re way too confrontational to be culturally midwest.
Haven’t been to much of the Midwest, then, I guess
I figured it was mostly passive aggressiveness rather than aggressiveness. Michigan has it too but I chalked that up to rust-belt overlap.
Could be; I’m in Chicago, so what I see is just active aggressiveness, haha.
I view Pittsburgh as honorary Midwestern territory. It’s a fantastic city, too.
Philly, on the other hand, is culturally… Philly.
Ey. Fuck you for saying so. And, fuck Pittsburgh. 🤌🏼