Contentious issue I know, but recently I’ve encountered a number of people who believe that Ohio (and sometimes Indiana and Michigan) is not truly part of the Midwest. Which to me is preposterous since I’ve always considered Ohio the most quintessentially Midwestern state. Midwest to me has always been very nearly synonymous with rust belt, but it seems there are a fair number of people who place the Midwest more in what I’d call the Great Plains, or Greater Minnesota. So I’m wondering where do you all place the Midwest.

    • Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml
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      3 months ago

      but the real answer is that it’s wherever people call carbonated beverages “pop” instead of “soda” or “coke”,

      Your definitions seem inconsistent here with the commenters...