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-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down4·11 months agoStill blows my mind that Midwest apparently means “slightly not easy coast.” Like in my mind it would be Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah. That kind of area. Considering it’s midway through the west half of the country.
minus-squares_s@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoWell, it used to be called the Northwest Territory. Then we expanded even further west and it became the “old west”. Then the “old west” came to mean the Southwest region pre-statehood. So then they became the “Midwest”.
minus-squareRetrograde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·11 months agoThis makes me wanna play some red dead
minus-squareQuarterSwede@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-211 months agoIn my mind, the midwest is west of the Mississippi and through the plains. Colorado starts the traditional west with Texas being the exception.
minus-squareTheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoRead a US history book on the westward expansion and it will all make perfect sense. Hint; it might have something to do with older names remaining in use up until the current day.
Still blows my mind that Midwest apparently means “slightly not easy coast.”
Like in my mind it would be Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah. That kind of area. Considering it’s midway through the west half of the country.
Well, it used to be called the Northwest Territory.
Then we expanded even further west and it became the “old west”.
Then the “old west” came to mean the Southwest region pre-statehood.
So then they became the “Midwest”.
This makes me wanna play some red dead
In my mind, the midwest is west of the Mississippi and through the plains. Colorado starts the traditional west with Texas being the exception.
Read a US history book on the westward expansion and it will all make perfect sense. Hint; it might have something to do with older names remaining in use up until the current day.