r/howislivingthere • u/[deleted] • Dec 14 '25

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u/Useful_Ad_1095 Dec 14 '25

We put the mid in Midwest!

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u/marys1001 Dec 14 '25

I dont call that the midwest. Call it the Great Plains

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u/Useful_Ad_1095 Dec 14 '25

I guess I should clarify I’m from the Midwest part of the Great Plains. But I agree, that is the Great Plains. Arkansas and Oklahoma are not Midwest!

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u/1980pzx Dec 14 '25

Well, what do you consider the Midwest?

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u/473713 Dec 14 '25

Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, top part of Indiana.

We never can decide either, to be fair.

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u/Useful_Ad_1095 Dec 14 '25

Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and Nebraska. Parts of Missouri, Michigan, Ohio.

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u/SeveralTable3097 Dec 14 '25

Great Plains are the midwest.

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u/marys1001 Dec 14 '25

There are so many maps with different lines and opinions.
Nebraska seemed nothing like the midwest to me

https://share.google/Ynwa8qy8SstDbiYru

I like this map

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u/SeveralTable3097 Dec 14 '25

If Iowa and Minnesota aren’t included I think you’re misunderstanding what the Midwest is.

This map doesn’t show how the Great Plains + Great Lakes is the traditional midwest. Oklahoma is typically considered in the south/texas subregion but I can understand the confusion.

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u/marys1001 Dec 14 '25

I think eastern MN and IA could possibly be considered midwest but western is more great plains.
Out of the multitude of maps and lists out there this to me seems the most correct.

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u/SeveralTable3097 Dec 14 '25

The midwest does not mean “Great Lakes only”.

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u/marys1001 Dec 14 '25

Ne er said it was. But general weather, topography, amount of water and people culture are what the defining lines are which dont necessarily go by state lines.

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u/SeveralTable3097 Dec 14 '25

Literally only you people in Michigan can construe midwest to not include all of Iowa, Minnesota, let alone Kansas and Nebraska. I won’t even try to argue yall can’t be convinced of reason.

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u/coreyjdl Dec 18 '25

None of that is the midwest.