chapotraphouse
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What is the "midwest"?
any state i mistake for ohio when looking at a map of the US is part of the midwest
Best answer yet.
Dafuq is Kansas and Nodak being midwest but not the Yupper?
Is it true a state can be partially Midwest? And what is upper Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan? Technically Canada…?
Oh yeah, that makes sense actually.
The UP in Michigan is definitely basically Canada
Any place where hot dogs have every single veggie in the food pyramid loaded on top.
and chili
The area East of Colorado, North of Kentucky, and West of Pennsylvania
The "midwest" is more than a region. Maybe it is an idea, a world-historical landmass, light itself. North America is too small for it.
Ohio must grow larger
I'll start making more casserole
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Real response to get some shit started:
Core Midwest: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa
Upper Midwest: Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Outer Midwest: ND, SD, Nebraska (parts at least)
I will never recognize: Missouri
Everything else below Nebraska is "Plains" IMO.
South of the Ohio River is upper south.
Western PA and Pittsburgh can be "Midwest" if it wants, but the rest of PA isn't and the majority of the state doesn't qualify, so we'd have to balkanize.
I will never recognize: Missouri
how can iowa be part of the core, but not wisconsin or michigan??
the core midwest are the great lakes states: wisconsin, michigan, illinois, minnesota. i’ll typically put indiana in there too
then, there’s the peripheral midwest, which i typically consider part of the midwest: iowa, ohio, nd, sd
finally, there’s the not-really-midwest: nebraska, western PA
Iowa is the paradigm midwest state, how the fuck can it be peripheral??
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Does the midwest only include the US? I'm wondering if Toronto counts as part of the midwest.
Is Buffalo Midwest? I feel like it makes no sense to call Toronto Midwest unless northern NY state is.
Windsor is kinda Midwest because it's Canada Detroit in that it used to have manufacturing but doesn't have as much anymore, and it's literally next to Detroit.
Is Midwest a vibe? A geographic area? Both? As someone Canadian it seems to be the flyover states that have cities with the vibe of a large town rather than a real city. I've also never been to that part of America so idk either.
Buffalo is Midwest, it's Chapo canon.
Chicago is basically the capital of the Midwest and it is most certainly a real city. Unless if part of the criteria of being a real city like NYC is smelling like trash, then Chicago isn’t a real city since they hide trash in the alleys rather than leaving it everywhere
Does Chicago have a decent transit system? If I was rich and lived in Chicago is it conceivable that I don't own a car? To me a city without trains or a subway is a large town
Also I didn't know Chicago was Midwest because I forgot where it is lol. Illinois sounds like a state that is in the middle of nowhere in my head so I guess that makes sense.
Also weird that Midwest emo is a music genre, but there's no Midwest rap even though Kanye and Chance the Rapper are from there.
Fuck if I know I'm from California lol, and this is just the kind of questions and debate I hoped to spur from this shitpost.
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Some of Nebraska/Kansas/Missouri. No one else. Dont @ me with your weird ass N and S Dakota takes.
Any US state without coastline, excluding New England.
This is madness! Nevada? Tennessee? 
Buffalo and Pittsburg are the end of the Midwest. The finger lakes are a liminal space dividing the colonized east coast and the more recently colonized territory we call the Midwest.
The Midwest can also be divided into upper and lower based on economy. The Upper Midwest or Great Lakes region is much more industrial with the prevalence of lake freighters carrying ore and timber. Whereas the Lower Midwest is more agricultural with vast fields and prairie.
Mostly plains, spotted with forests and lakes. If it were a magic deck it would be every color, but red.