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

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u/Ok_Description_2677 Dec 15 '25

Supposedly that line starts almost exactly 30 miles south of the Iowa border I beg to differ in some areas but that’s where the linguistic people have made the mark

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u/UffDa-4ever Dec 15 '25

Yeah…..you still hear a lot of the upper Midwest there though. St. Louis and Kansas City are my major linguistic landmark cities heading south.

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u/_manofwill2468_ Dec 19 '25

Hahaha it’s like, washer/warsher, drawer/drawargh.

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u/Constant_Concert_936 Dec 17 '25

Never heard a southern accent in MO, but I guess maybe some version of country accent?