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do you live in the midwest? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You have to keep in mind that the US started on the east coast and then expanded west. A lot of the terminology we use goes back to those days, where everything west of the original colonies was "The West".

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Ah, it does make sense when you put it that way.

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