The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 years ago"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldimagemessage-square223fedilinkarrow-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 years agomessage-square223fedilink
minus-squareTony! Toni! Toné! ☑️@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down2·2 years agoWell, Pittsburgh is culturally midwest even if they aren’t geographically so.
minus-squaretheodewere@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years 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-up3·2 years agoWe’re way too confrontational to be culturally midwest.
minus-squareTony! Toni! Toné! ☑️@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoHaven’t been to much of the Midwest, then, I guess
minus-squarespacesatan@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years 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-up2·2 years agoCould be; I’m in Chicago, so what I see is just active aggressiveness, haha.
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoI view Pittsburgh as honorary Midwestern territory. It’s a fantastic city, too.
minus-squarePerfide@reddthat.comcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoPhilly, on the other hand, is culturally… Philly.
minus-squarePiecemakers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·edit-22 years 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. 🤌🏼