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do you live in the midwest? (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

As a non-American I always assumed "midwest" meant between the northwest and southwest. So like, California and the state to the east of it (Nevada?). Are the highlighted states not more "north middle"?

[–] [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".

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

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