The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 years ago"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldimagemessage-square266linkfedilinkarrow-up1995arrow-down129
arrow-up1966arrow-down1image"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square266linkfedilink
minus-squareOminousOrange@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoAs a Canadian, thank you for explaining. From the chart, I thought Americans in the middle states were just really bad with geography. (also you mean geographically, not geologically)
minus-squareHildegarde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoAs an American, I can confirm they are just bad with geography.
minus-squareHildegarde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoHappy to learn that you’re unaware of all the new states.
minus-squaredream_weasel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoEh, most of them kinda suck anyway…
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoYeah, I’m especially ashamed of [your state here], but [my state here] really is a trailblazer.
minus-squareThisfox@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoAustralian checking in with “I had never been told that”. I just figured it was geographical like our “mid north coast” but evidently not.
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoThe US started as 13 colonies/states on the East coast. In the terminology, everything past that is “The West”, and this general area is the middle-ish part of that, so “Midwest”.
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As a Canadian, thank you for explaining. From the chart, I thought Americans in the middle states were just really bad with geography.
(also you mean geographically, not geologically)
As an American, I can confirm they are just bad with geography.
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Happy to learn that you’re unaware of all the new states.
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Eh, most of them kinda suck anyway…
Yeah, I’m especially ashamed of [your state here], but [my state here] really is a trailblazer.
Australian checking in with “I had never been told that”. I just figured it was geographical like our “mid north coast” but evidently not.
What does that mean?
The US started as 13 colonies/states on the East coast. In the terminology, everything past that is “The West”, and this general area is the middle-ish part of that, so “Midwest”.