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The Midwest may not be the most famous part of the United States, but it’s definitely special. The people are friendly, the cuisine is hearty and comforting, and it offers a great mix of vibrant cities and cozy small towns. If you’re from this region, you definitely have high standards for your favorite football team and for the corn that you eat. And if you’re looking for a list that celebrates that good old Midwestern lifestyle, you’ve come to the right place, pandas.
We took a trip to Midwest Vs. The Rest on X and gathered some of their funniest memes below. From hilarious jokes about Midwesterners to painfully accurate observations, we hope you enjoy scrolling through this list. And be sure to upvote the images that you can’t wait to send to your relatives!
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Robyn Hill 20 hours ago
And you literally cannot see anything BUT the blinding snowflakes coming at you.
Charlotte 1 day ago
I find it tiring after a while, its easy to get mesmerized
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Brian Droste 1 day ago (edited)
I never thought of that, or you are in Star Trek starship and traveling through space. .
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Data1001 1 day ago
That's when you go outside and every breath you take feels like it's creating icicles in your lungs.
keyboardtek 13 hours ago
It is when the temps go into the negative when you cannot even stay out side for a minute because it feels like you are on the moon without oxygen.
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Pferdchen 10 hours ago
Back in '85, the outdoor portion of Reagan's inauguration was cancelled due to the cold temperatures (7f, -13c). We were up in Vermont cross-country skiing. No wind, sunny, fresh snow on the ground. It was glorious! Cold, but glorious. Mental imagery is not my strong point, but 40 years later, I can still visualize a section of the trail that was like a tunnel made of snow-covered trees.
Geoffrey Scott 13 hours ago
...and you can't sneak up on ANYBODY in temps like that. Snow is too loud. "Squeak, Squeak, Squeak.."
Brian Droste 1 day ago
I don't care if there is no wind and the sun is shining. I am staying inside.
TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 1 day ago
You aren't Midwestern if you don't wear shorts and a hoody on a fine day like thet
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Riley Quinn 6 hours ago
Laugh all you want, but when the wind comes off those lakes, it's a cold few others in the US will ever experience. A windless day is a blessing.
Glen Ellyn 42 minutes ago
Well, since they're talking about the US Midwest, it's ℉.
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S Bow 1 day ago
No. When I was in high school in Alaska we never had a single snow day, for obvious reasons.
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Michael Largey 1 day ago
One Sunday night I got a call. "No school." "No school tomorrow?" "No school this week." (Blizzard of '78.)
Gingersnap In Iowa 23 hours ago
I can remember we had too many snow days and had to go to school on Saturdays to make days up.
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Deborah Schuler 19 hours ago
I remember President Obama's disbelief when his daughters' school in DC closed because they got a whole quarter inch of snow one day.
Lee Gilliland 6 hours ago
Yup. Came from Buffalo where if it's less than six inches, you're going to school.
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Sally Moen 17 hours ago
This really is the peak Seattle area experience, however the number of inches of snow is probably laughable to Midwesterners: schools regularly close here for half an inch of snow with projected temperatures of 30 degrees Farenheit (barely below the freezing point).
Brian Droste 1 day ago
Where I live they still do this but not only on the news but on regular programs also now a days.
Riley Quinn 6 hours ago
You don't own this behavior. Anyone living in snow country did the exact same thing.
Now, if you’re not from the United States or you need a refresher, the Midwest is made up of 12 great states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. In total, about one-fifth of the American population lives in this region. And these states provide a whopping 42.8% of the nation's entire agricultural output.
While this region certainly loves its corn and grows plenty of soybeans, wheat, apples, potatoes, and more, it’s full of much more than just farms. The Midwest is home to amazing cities like Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City, Indianapolis, and Columbus. No matter what you’re looking for, you’re certain to find a place (and some people) that you love in the Midwest.
#4
Zig Zag Wanderer 1 day ago
I love these scales. Like, tell me when my garbage bin will need relocation from another block!
Geoffrey Scott 13 hours ago
Don't remember which Michigan station does it, but a 'garbage can day' IS forecast.
Load More Replies... Sally Moen 16 hours ago
Storms ought to be named after small dogs. Imagine the morning news, Storm Kibbles is barrelling down on us at about 10 am
Lee Gilliland 6 hours ago
If you live in the Buffalo area you also get these alerts for 18 wheelers on the elevated highway.
#5
Lotekguy 18 hours ago (edited)
I put them suckers up in the first family room of the first house I bought. It complemented the shàg (can you believe BP bleeped this benign word, requiring me to alter the a???) carpeting. I don't suppose anybody would be surprised if I said that was in the 1970s.
wowbagger 23 hours ago
This may not be region-specific, but I think Midwesterners held onto this decorating style longer than any other part of the U.S., if not the world. When I was house-hunting in Minnesota 8 years ago, nearly every interior had these walls, s**g carpet, and heavy brown furniture.
keyboardtek 13 hours ago
We bought our 1951 built retirement house that had this same paneling in the basement. Painting it all white cheered up the basement 100%.
Lady Eowyn 10 hours ago
This was in the formal living/dining room in the house I grew up in, built in 1963.
Albert Roberts 4 hours ago
The official walls of the seventies and lower income later decades again nothing unique to there.
#6
Nik Odongray 2 hours ago
Thus cue the standing living room goodbye, followed by the kitchen goodbye, the hallway goodbye, the front door goodbye and the driveway goodbye.
If you’re from a coastal state and you’ve never considered living in (or even visiting) the Midwest, we’d like to explain exactly why this region is so special. When it comes to the best aspects of living in the Midwest, Colonial Van Lines cites the low cost of living. Even Chicago, one of the largest cities in the nation, is 27% less expensive than New York City.
Another reason why so many people love the Midwest is because residents actually get to experience all four seasons. In some other parts of the nation, it might feel like summer year-round, or winter might seem like it lasts almost half the year. Here, you can enjoy crisp autumns, snowy winters, warm summers, and gorgeous springs.
#7
Ashlisha 21 hours ago
Sometimes they are massively larger than the bun! Love them.
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Beth Wheeler 1 day ago
The little hole in the wall restaurants are always the best . I'll take a BLT
Brian Droste 1 day ago
Those prices are great. Fast food joints charge you like $8 to $10 just for a sandwich anymore.
Don Adams 21 hours ago
Loved the curry wurst at the nearby Schnellimbiss when I was stationed in Germany in 79 and 80. With Frites and a Fanta, you had a full meal for about $4 US.
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Floeckchen 1 day ago (edited)
We had these too in the 80th and 90th in germany (and have only a few left). They've been called "Imbiss" and I can confirm they made the best fast food (before we knew what fast food was)
#8
keyboardtek 13 hours ago
We once rented a cabin in the mountains of NC that had asphalt driveway and we arrived in the rain. It was too slippery to drive up the driveway.
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April Pickett 1 day ago
Never buy a house on the downside of a hill. Think of water run-off, snow, and ice.
Laszlo Larthlanc 9 hours ago (edited)
We're at the bottom of a hill in earthquake country, and there are two 100,000 gallon water tanks on top of that hill. I'm pretty sure my last words would be "Whuh...whut?..burble"
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Dee Hampton 1 hour ago
I can see myself driving straight down that slope and through the front door
PenguinEmp 35 minutes ago
Same here in Ontario. I say at least once a week, that's going to be a b***h in the winter
#9
April Pickett 1 day ago
A very concerned government about it's citizen's welfare. I don't think there's a housing problem, homeless problem, or any protests. It's a sure thing ICE isn't going there.
Michael Largey 23 hours ago
ICE doesn't need a problem to show up. They bring it with them.
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Now, the Midwestern lifestyle isn’t for everyone. But if you can embrace it, you’re going to love this region. Trips to the Great Lakes can be incredible, and Midwestern terminology is so charming. Locals in this region also love games like cornhole, which are a great way to make friends and get away from screens for a while. And though it may not be the healthiest cuisine, there’s no question that this part of the country has some amazing frozen custard, cheese curds, deep dish pizza, and casseroles.
#10
Charlotte 23 hours ago
Pretty norml in eastern ontario canada as well - especially in the winter because you need to dump all that winter clothing somewhere
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 1 day ago
We've lived in our house for over 30 years. I have never come home and entered by the front door. Never.
Dee Hampton 1 hour ago
i live in small town in England and no-one uses the front door except for weddings and funerals.
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Brian Droste 1 day ago
Since McDonald's fries are so durable, maybe we need to paved the roads in McDonald's fries.
Angela C 22 hours ago
Same! The fries are never properly salted. They seem to put it all on the burgers instead
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Scott Rackley 41 minutes ago
We have a Zaxby's in town that also owns shares in Morton's salt.
Lara Verne 5 hours ago
Can this person also salt some sidewalks in Brno? I almost fell down yesterday.
#12
Zephyr343 22 hours ago
Omg....38 years I have lived in the Midwest and never thought of using my heel once 🤣
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Glen Ellyn 34 minutes ago (edited)
Just don't do it when the temp is below about 20℉. You may end up with a broken toe. It is recommended that you use your heel instead.
PenguinEmp 34 minutes ago
I just did this today! I learned years ago to use the side or back of my boot
If you love getting outside and enjoying nature, there’s no shortage of places to visit in the Midwest. The Great Lakes have cliffs, waterfalls, beaches, and more. And if you’re interested in seeing forests and the stunning Cuyahoga River, Ohio’s the place to be. There are plenty of places to hike and/or kayak, such as Apostle Islands and the Cuyahoga Valley. And if you want to see incredible rock formations, you can’t miss Garden of the Gods.
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TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 1 day ago
Once again can confirm. I have lived in Kansas around 30 years and the roadwork on Kellogg in Wichita Kansas has never finished
wowbagger 23 hours ago
OMG, is it still going? I moved away from Kansas 8 years ago!
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Kenny Kulbiski 13 hours ago
One nice thing about living in the less affluent part of town. You never have to worry about road work or repair being done anywhere close to you.
Crystalwitch60 13 hours ago
That looks like the M5 motorway here in uk 😂there is ALWAYS traffic cones n road works on some part of it , has been since the day it was opened ,
Lady Eowyn 10 hours ago
I thought you've been housebound for years. How do you know what the M5 is like?
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Lady Eowyn 10 hours ago
Sign is in Maryland. There's a road in Rockville called Randolph Rd. For the entire 17 years I lived near that road, they were digging up one side, filling it in, then digging up the other side. Thank goodness I don't have to go anywhere near there any more. Sign may be fake, but the reality wasn't.
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Nikole 1 day ago
Right?? Not that I'm complaining about the lack of snow though...
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April Pickett 1 day ago
Here, we don't get the 1st picture. I think the lat time was about 20-25 years ago. I've lived in NC for 55 years. The weather has definitely changed.
Geoffrey Scott 13 hours ago
January 9th, am temps 50+ degrees, January 9th evening temps, mid 20's.
#15
Multa Nocte 21 hours ago
The awesome power of a group when it needs something done can't be over-estimated.
UnclePanda 12 hours ago
When you can use Schapps as a verb. "We Schnapped the car on down the road."
Perhaps you’re purely a city person, though. We can respect that! Whether you want to see live theatre, experience a bustling nightlife, or catch a concert by your favorite band, Chicago is the place to be. If you’re looking for a smaller city with amazing museums and plenty of trendy coffee shops, hit up Kansas City. And if you want to visit beautiful parks and see awesome architecture, don’t hesitate to make a stop in Detroit.
#16
Geoffrey Scott 13 hours ago
Or Rice, Wheat, and Corn Chex with pretzels and cocktail peanuts, baked in a 350 deg oven for 3 20 minute periods.
#17
LaurieAnnaT 1 day ago
I hired a snow removal company last year. Great decision! It’s amazing how quickly they can clear my driveway.
Rachel Reynolds 21 hours ago
One of my neighbors is also one of the snow plow drivers. my road is always plowed.
Geoffrey Scott 13 hours ago
I ain't the sharpest tool, but even I know that discharge chute can be turned downwind...and if you can't, the trajectory can be lowered.
Gingersnap In Iowa 23 hours ago
I'm very lucky and grateful for my neighbor John who does my driveway.
Sally Moen 16 hours ago
In Seattle, the neighbor with a good quality, steel snow shovel is amazingly popular
#18
Geoffrey Scott 13 hours ago
From the view of a 'troll' you can have it. 12" of snow per day for a week...NOPE!
April Pickett 1 day ago
I've thought about moving someplace like the Upper Peninsula. I've changed my mind.
Oskar vanZandt 4 hours ago
Thank The Great Lakes... My brother lives in the snow belt on the Canadian side.
If you’re not from the Midwest, there are some words and phrases that might confuse you when you encounter Midwesterners. For example, did you know that they call soda “pop”? And if they’re getting ready to do something, they might say they’re “fixin’ to” do that. You might also hear a casserole referred to as a “hotdish.” And you may hear phrases like “full as a tick” or “over yonder” when you’re in Midwestern territory.
#19
TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 1 day ago
You arent a true Midwesterner if that hasn't happened at least once to you
Glen Ellyn 25 minutes ago
This is why I shake my head when the state starts talking about having a winter safety kit in your car. They recommend granola bars or something similar, water, extra blankets, shovel, flashlight, etc. Um, the water will freeze, as will any snacks you put in there.
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Sonder Toffee 1 day ago
I (a New Yorker) actually know what this is! It’s a walking taco.. tho oddly enough the first time I experienced one was at a bat mitzvah in Boca Raton.
April Pickett 1 day ago
What's not to love? You've got a container, add lettuce, tomatos, taco meat, and cheese and you are good to go.
Roxy222uk 3 hours ago
Are there still Doritos in there? I think it looks a great idea!
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This is actually a Texas thing - chili and cheese in a bag of fritos. You can get them at high school football games and the like. (My Texas grandmother used to make frito pie, which was a casserole with the same ingredients.)
Load More Replies... Sara 11 hours ago
It's a Frito Pie (regardless of what brand or type of chip is used) and it's more Texas/Oklahoma than upper Midwest.
Gawaget The Object Thingy 3 hours ago (edited)
Walking taco just chips, cheese, meat, and maybe lettuce. Fritos pie is cooked in the oven like a casserole
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Sherry McGrath 2 hours ago
We call them either Pepper Bellies or Frito Chili Pie. Not baked in an oven. Simply slice open a single serve pack of corn chips, add cheese, taco meat, tomatoes, onion, lettuce & jalapenos etc. & enjoy!
Sherry McGrath 1 hour ago
I forgot to say we’re in the Mojave Desert here in Southern California.
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TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 1 day ago
Cheese dip, lil' smokies and the third is a wonderful mystery. If you're lucky some form of mac'n'cheese
Sally Moen 16 hours ago
I'm bringing my homemade from scratch Sloppy Joes with a big pack of hamburger buns and ai expect that crockpot to be empty by the time I go home
UnclePanda 12 hours ago
After my third crockpot wore out (not counting the one I dropped), I went to an InstaPot. I pull that thing out of the cabinet so often I should just give it a home on the counter.
Charlotte 23 hours ago
crock pots. You make food at home in one of these, carry the whole thing to the pot luck, then plug it in when to keep the food nice and warm
Load More Replies... There are also some fun facts about the Midwest that you might not have heard before. Midwest Wanderer notes on their blog that Colon, Michigan, is known as the Magic Capital of the World. And The Mall of America in Minnesota is the largest mall in the country. And did you know that Ohio has a larger Amish population than any other state?
#22
Sally Moen 16 hours ago
I visited Boise, Idaho one winter and the city parking spaces available had big piles of snow in them. Well parking per hour was cheap and I had a rental pickup truck, so...
Trashy Panda 5 hours ago (edited)
In Toronto there's a pile so tall it's still melting in August
Geoffrey Scott 13 hours ago
There is a 1 block street which is the side street at the post office. We have a good snow(10-12"), that street is impassable for weeks as that's where all the snow from downtown removal gets piled. Kind of a ceremony, as they then work overnights and 'dump truck' loads to a vacant area.
#23
Eugene the Jeep 1 day ago
That cold October wind is nasty when you've just come out of summer. It takes at least a month to thicken the skin for fall and winter.
Brian Droste 1 day ago
Thst is about right. Before I retired I had to drive by a housing addition. They h ad a play area by the road. When it became February and it got warm out that play area was packed with kids and parents. They had a parking area that was packed with cars.
Jackie Lulu 7 hours ago
I was in Minnesota during a February "warm" spell in the lower 30's, and saw people having a picnic in their short sleeves.
#24
Geoffrey Scott 13 hours ago
And you can go outside and not have to check for ticks when you come in.
Michael MacKinnon 7 hours ago
Looks like that other Gordon Lightfoot song: "Blackflies in July...."
Are you enjoying this celebration of Midwestern culture, pandas? We hope that you’re feeling proud of your region or inspired to visit this part of the country if you’re from somewhere else. Keep upvoting the memes that make you giggle, and if you’re interested in checking out even more Midwestern humor on Bored Panda, look no further than this article!
#25
Brian Droste 1 day ago (edited)
If it is 2 degrees outside, I am staying in inside wrapped in a blanket sitting in my recliner with the TV on even if the sun is shining outside.
TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 1 day ago
You aren't a real Midwesterner if you aren't wearing shorts on a fine day like that
Load More Replies... keyboardtek 13 hours ago
What sun? I grew up in Buffalo and the winter and the sun do not interact.
Saltypepper 7 hours ago
That's not really the Midwest ( new york) that's norrheast and
Load More Replies... Kelly Scott 7 hours ago
Why are only talking about the winter in the Midwest? How come we're not talking about being able to swim through the humidity in the summer?
Geoffrey Scott 13 hours ago
It gets 32 degrees and sunny we are pleased as we KNOW stuff will be melting.
#26
Multa Nocte 21 hours ago
There is nothing like watching harvesting machines when it is pitch black out! They seem like fictional monsters come to life.
keyboardtek 13 hours ago
It takes brute fortitude to get up in the middle of the night to go work a huge field.
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Multa Nocte 21 hours ago
In Indiana we always had to get in "Hoosier mama" and then laugh like an idiot.
Julie Rogers 1 hour ago
That's interesting, because I didn't hear an "ope" even once in California.
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Michael Largey 1 day ago
In, but not of Indiana. Oh, yes - pain. All you need to know about Indiana is that it's the northernmost southern state.
Zephyr343 22 hours ago
WI has more than cheese...we also have beer. And apparently the distinction of "if registered hunters were considered military, WI would be the second largest in the world."
Deborah Schuler 19 hours ago
Don't sell Wisconsin short. You also have bratwurst cooked in beer. I am from Illinois, but I will give you your due.
Load More Replies... Gingersnap In Iowa 23 hours ago
Corn...yup 👍 and we've got a cow made out of butter at the state fair.
Deborah Schuler 19 hours ago
You don't have to be from Iowa to love a life-size cow sculpted from butter.
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Michael Largey 23 hours ago (edited)
There may be not method to our madness, but there's plenty of m**h.
tameson 7 hours ago
A colleague's family (in Wisconsin) always celebrated Christmas Eve by having a progressive drink tour at each house. This was in an area of Wisconsin known for winding, hilly roads that would all be covered in ice. I asked him which relative had that idea and how much did they stand to inherit.
Susan Teter 25 minutes ago
Also where the phrase "Hold my beer and watch this" came from. Followed at a close second by "Who's sober enough to drive to the E.R."?
UnclePanda 11 hours ago
I was into historical diaries and journals for a while. The ones in Ireland had few entries from November until the booze ran out, then picked back up in late winter as life came back into focus. Note - I'm pretty sure other cultures also pass the time as such.
#30
Michael MacKinnon 5 hours ago
Nice how that blob stops just short of Thunder Bay. From personal experience: nope, it doesn't.
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Mother of Giants 22 hours ago
I currently live in a small town in southeast Iowa. We have less than 100 people in our "town". We have a school (K-8th grade). Of the dozen or so businesses in town, none of them are open to the general public. No retail businesses. Closest gas station is 14 miles away, closest McDonald's or Walmart is 16 miles away. My closest neighbor is over a mile away, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Brian Droste 1 day ago
Actually small towns are arre roomy than cities. They have more spaces between houses. Unless you live in a housing addition. But one thing about small towns, there is not a whole lot of things to do in them. If you like to go to plays, theaters, museums and things like these you are going to need to drive to a city to do these activities.
Eugene the Jeep 1 day ago (edited)
Same if you want to shop anywhere other than Walmart or the hardware store.
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M M 14 hours ago
In bed you only spend 1/3 of a day, sleeping. In a city you can do much more with the rest of your day - more job opportunities, more ways to spend your money, more events for free. I was growing up in a small town an I hated it, I couldn't do anything without my parents driving me to places.
#32
Jeff White 1 day ago
They (i,e., everyone in the U.P) still plays at least a snippet of the song on Nov 10 at 7pm. Every year. And the song is sometimes know as the Second Canadian National Anthem.
Trashy Panda 5 hours ago
Our first national anthem is "The Hockey Song" by Stompin' Tom Conners.
Load More Replies... Gingersnap In Iowa 23 hours ago
I had the great privilege to sit front row with my Dad and listen to Gordon sing this song on Father's Day 2018.
Brian Droste 1 day ago
When I first heard that song I didn't realize it was based on a true wreck until years later.
Glen Ellyn 1 minute ago
Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors, Minnesota (on the north shore of Lake Superior) holds a ceremony every November 10 when the beam is turned on and shines for the 29 mariners lost on that fateful day in 1975—and all those who have perished on Lake Superior. It is the only time the light is turned on. Nowadays, technology has taken over the job of guiding ships. I've been to Split Rock, although I was not lucky enough to be there on Nov 10. The setting is beautiful.
#33
Geoffrey Scott 13 hours ago
Here in central lower mid -Mich, it's 'school safety day'. Blows kids minds from Detroit and GR.
#34
Mel in Georgia 6 hours ago
I've heard about my small Ohio hometown on the national news twice: Once was when a girl got in trouble in school for giving an aspirin to another girl having period pain and the other was when the local Korean restaurant got in trouble for driving over bags of cabbage to make them the right consistency for kimchee. Was never so proud.
TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 1 day ago
Hutchinson's only claim to fame is the time it randomly started blowing up
Load More Replies... Lily bloom 4 hours ago
Not in the Midwest, but this was my face when a movie mentioned the road the theater I was in is on
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whiterabbit 11 hours ago
I grew up in N Idaho and always hated when it was so cold and snowy during Halloween that I had to cover my costume with a coat.
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Helena 1 day ago
It's like 10 at night, no moon, no light, go to put my wipers down after work, one gets away from me and snaps off. i have a 20 minute drive home and will not make it without the driver wiper. Found that wiper in the dark, in a snowbank, and even though i'm unfamiliar with how this one snaps on, snapped it on by feel, with frozen hands. I have never felt so triumphant.
Maren Villadsen 1 day ago
Fuuuck I forgot to do this. - 14°C (7°F) to night. Really hope I don't need to go anywhere tomorrow.
TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 20 hours ago
Just pour boiling water on it(DON'T!!)
Load More Replies... Lady Eowyn 10 hours ago
Even here in Maryland, I was taught to do this if the next day was going to be very cold and I had to go out.
Roxy222uk 2 hours ago
You cover your windscreen though, right? I only live in the Uk and I have a lovely windscreen cover designed for my make and model of car. It also fits over the wing mirrors and the front side doors. Before I found the perfect windscreen cover I was using cardboard. You don’t just leave it nåked?
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#38
Michael Largey 23 hours ago
Nope. I'm a Midwesterner, but not an idiot. Well, not complete idiot anyway
UnclePanda 11 hours ago (edited)
Every fall on the college campus, we'd see couples holding hands, one in shorts and flip flops, the other in a head to toe parka. Love finds a way (through the sleeve, I guess).
Kenny Kulbiski 13 hours ago
Conversely, it's 100 degrees out and some dude is walking around in shorts with a long sleeved black hoodie. Hood up.
Rusty’scate 21 hours ago
I live in Massachusetts not the Midwest but northern and I wear shorts unless it’s single digits
Crissy Newbury 35 minutes ago
My sons wear shorts 24/7. Today was 8 degrees centigrade in London.
Lara Verne 5 hours ago
Apparently some midwesterners visited Czechia, I saw a few guys like this .
#39
Francois 1 day ago
I don't understand? We have coats on beds at parties and I live in fricking London.
TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 1 day ago
It's a bit different when the windchill is -20
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Gigi 1 day ago
Not Los Angeles. The front hall might be crowded with shoes though?😄
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Brian Droste 1 day ago
This is the second time Indiana is put down. What is so wrong with Indiana?
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Data1001 23 hours ago
Yep, and those places always have a daily dice game you can play to win the current jackpot (which is usually a collection of paper money stuffed into a big jar behind the bar). Plus, popcorn to snack on and cheap frozen pizza if you're really hungry.
Deson Bowenford 5 hours ago
Complete with obligatory TV permanently tuned to a sports channel, wooden interior, mounted fish on the wall and to complete things a taxidermized something or other high up looking down at you.
TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 1 day ago
Always goes 1 of 2 ways. Either everyone stares like you are an outsider or everyone says 'sup
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keyboardtek 13 hours ago
How many broken backs are incurred when they come out drunk and slip on the snow covered steps?
geezeronthehill 3 hours ago
You don't know Midwestern drunks, they've been walking in the slippery all their lives.
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Multa Nocte 21 hours ago
Again, I am amazed that the little town towns I go through in France always seem to be able to patch up their roads relatively quickly, when in the US the roads were ALWAYS torn up, or when they were fixed they weren't much better or didn't last long. This may have to do with there being worse weather in the US, however, as southwest France's weather is very moderate.
Lyone Fein 20 hours ago
It’s definitely because of the winter weather in the Midwest. Not only do road surfaces expand and contract with temperature extremes, but in the snow you need to make the roads passable so there’s damage from the snow plows.
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Vincent Brennan,III 4 hours ago
One political party has convinced many U.S. citizens we can have nice things but paying taxes is a bad thing.
UnclePanda 12 hours ago
I personally have seen three different people wake up while driving over the border to say, "Are we in Illinois?" BapBAM BapBAM BapBAM "What do you think?"
Maggie Fulton 20 hours ago
Funny, a lot of roads in Phoenix look like this. Some places are almost more patch than road.
#43
UnclePanda 11 hours ago
Looks a little bit like an amorphous crystal. Probably for the same reasons.
Multa Nocte 21 hours ago
There are days I would have sworn that someone had to have watered the parking lot all night for it to be that icy and treacherous.
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Brian Droste 1 day ago
I would like to take a road trip up around Michigan side of Michigan lake to visit some of the lighthouses.
Geoffrey Scott 13 hours ago
Holland, Ludington, Manistee, Leenenau, Old mission, That just within 90 minutes drive.
Load More Replies... keyboardtek 13 hours ago
If you have ever stood on the bank of any of the Great Lakes you would think it was the ocean.
Scott Rackley 31 minutes ago
The first time I saw lake Erie when I was 6 I was surprised it had real waves
Load More Replies... UnclePanda 12 hours ago (edited)
It's always baffled me that some religious groups use the lighthouse as a symbol. We invented them to warn folks away from dangerous shoals and prevent tragedy.
geezeronthehill 7 hours ago
Experienced mariners treat those lakes like oceans. The depths are full of wrecks.
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Saltypepper 6 hours ago
8 disagree it's #1 I have tried several different ones.
Load More Replies... whiterabbit 11 hours ago
Homemade is infinitely better, healthier, and not hard to make. I have a great recipe if anyone is interested.
Sara Frazer 7 hours ago
I really don't eat ranch much at all, I don't even keep any at home (but I also don't live in the Midwest lol) anyways, I gotta say the best ranch to me is the packet of powdered ranch, I think the brand is Dan's?? Mixed into sour cream. The bar I worked at did it that way and I ate way too many chicken tenders and ranch lol
Sally Moen 16 hours ago
They left out the dry packets of ranch you mix at home, with sour cream and mayo and milk. My favorite brand is Uncle Dan's, an Idaho product that doesn't have bioengineered foods in it
Oskar vanZandt 3 hours ago
My favourite is Caesar dressing... Don't care if the salad matches.
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keyboardtek 13 hours ago
My favorite winter fun is when I would be in my best dress clothes and dress shoes and step out of my car into ten inches of slush.
UnclePanda 11 hours ago
Slush covers it pretty well: Snowy, Liquidy, Unsteady, Slippery, Harrowing.
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Multa Nocte 21 hours ago
Until there are, and then it seems like they are as packed as heavily as that snow is.
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TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 1 day ago
Have to agree. Snow makes such a mess. Then they salt and you track in salty snow and man more mess.
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Rachel Reynolds 21 hours ago
69. because my husband never left his teen years.
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TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 20 hours ago
That... is exactly what my thermostat is set to at this exact moment lol
Brian Droste 1 day ago
That is to cold for me. The minimum I keep my thermostat on is 70 degrees.
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WednesdayAddams'HashbrownOrder 23 hours ago
True! Except they skip Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and Idaho too.
Geoffrey Scott 13 hours ago
One of the benefits of Soaring Eagle Casino. LOTS of good acts perform there. Steely Dan (RIP Walter), Lewis Black, etc..
Sally Moen 16 hours ago
It's funny that this whole Midwest thing excludes Colorado and parts of Texas. If you live in the US with vast plains, your weather and culture is midwest
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April Pickett 1 day ago
It's the Federal cheese surplus. Once a long time ago, the Feds broke out a bunch of the cheese to feed the homeless and people on welfare.
Multa Nocte 21 hours ago
I remember when people could get big chunks of cheese like that from the government. Do they still give it out? How long does it last?
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Lotekguy 18 hours ago
That's a federal project to protect the rest of the country if Wisconsin ever secedes.
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Multa Nocte 20 hours ago (edited)
I can't say this very loudly since I now live in France, but I DO miss those.
Load More Replies... Lady Eowyn 10 hours ago
I once sprained my hand trying to get the blasted can to open properly.
Beth Wheeler 1 day ago
The frozen ones are much h better. They are the closest you can get to homemade biscuits.
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Multa Nocte 21 hours ago
They always did look perky during the holidays, even the smallest, meanest shithole would light up and look festive.
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TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 1 day ago
Live in Kansas. Can confirm. Nothing says Midwest like 50+ MPH gusts when the fields are being plowed. Please add "your momma" jokes as you see fit.
keyboardtek 13 hours ago
Iowa in the winter seems like the largest state you ever drove through.
Load More Replies... Lotekguy 18 hours ago
We offer more variety. The beach is always the same, but the cornfield becomes a soybean field in alternating years, sporting a completely different look.
Sally Moen 16 hours ago
If you live near a cornfield, you probably have that superpower of being able to, at a glance while driving by, tell what is growing in any random field. Canola, spinach, corn, barley, sorghum, etc
Load More Replies... Multa Nocte 21 hours ago
We lived in Versailles, Indiana (population 2,113 - pronounced Vurh-sale - too funny) for a year and then moved to Butlerville (population 282) for a year. My gosh there were a lot of crops. But it was flat. I currently live in a village in France that has a population of about 1200, but we have a large chateaux (castle) in "town" and lots of people come and go such that there are always people about. We are also up on a hill, so you can see for kilometres, and it is very agricultural but you can get a nice view of the crops. In Indiana you just knew that there were crops, but couldn't see them all.
April Pickett 1 day ago
If you close your eyes to a squint, when the wind blows the wheat, it can sort of look like waves at the beach. Use your imagination.
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Michael Largey 23 hours ago
Someone told a UK citizen "You could fit your whole country into Nebraska." The Brit replied "Yes, but why would I want to?"
Auntriarch 17 hours ago
If you said let's drive across the state that would be reasonable. If you said let's drive from Devizes to Perth, I'd think you were mad. We used to drive all day and think nothing of it in SA, but here in UK I wince at the thought of a four hour journey.
Lotekguy 18 hours ago
The point here is that Minnesota is known for having a lot of lakes, not for exceptional square mileage.
I am John 14 hours ago
Known where? If someone said "People in Minnesota can't comprehend how big Scandinavia is", would it be obvious they meant Scandinavia is known for having lots of lakes, not for exceptional square mileage?
Load More Replies... LaurieAnnaT 1 day ago
Yeah, but there are a lot of farms in the south and trees and lakes up north, so much of the state is lightly populated.
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Mother of Giants 22 hours ago
Usually occurs the 3rd or 4th week of January and lasts till the 2nd week of February. May reappear in early March for 5 to 7 days.
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Michael Largey 23 hours ago
A Cleveland trifecta.. Tour the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the afternoon. Go to a baseball game in the evening. Leave for home the next morning.
Lotekguy 18 hours ago
You should also drive around picturesque University Circle, which is neither circular nor part of a university.
Load More Replies... George D 21 hours ago
This cannot be true. It says "destination", not city, so you mean tell me this scores higher than the national parks, coastlines, Blue Ridge and Rocky mountains, Disney/Universal, etc.
Multa Nocte 21 hours ago
Well we ARE only 11 days into 2026, so take that for what it's worth.
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Gingersnap In Iowa 23 hours ago
I made pot roast last week. It was beef my Dad raised and it was delicious!!! Literally melt in your mouth. With onions, carrots and mashed potatoes!
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Michael Largey 23 hours ago
If you want to understand the Midwest, visit Iowa. If you want to misunderstand the Midwest, visit Chicago.
keyboardtek 13 hours ago
Jazz musician here. I heard some of the best bebop jazz in a dive bar in Chicago.
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AtMostAFabulist 25 minutes ago
I lived in a very small town in Iowa for 18 months. I have nothing good to say about any of it.
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Data1001 23 hours ago
Nah, in the first pic you probably wouldn't have even cleared off the entire windshield -- just enough to see through. The snow can get really icy when it settles on your windshield and make it super difficult to scrape off. When you just need to get to work without being late, sometimes all you can do is clean off the headlights, taillights and that little hole to see out of, lol.
My O My 7 hours ago
Nope! Always all the windows, and if it takes an hour
Load More Replies... Beth Wheeler 1 day ago
Us the person in the 1st puc trying to k**l somebody? I live near Raleigh NC where we don't get much snow & I always clear as much as I can from my van.
Toothless Feline 23 hours ago
You left out the third type: the ones who keep the car in the garage and warm it up before going out so any snow that falls on it melts instantly.
Unicorn 18 hours ago
Where I live the cars are parked on the street. People pour warm water over the windscreen, which freezes when it hits the ground.
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Brian Droste 1 day ago (edited)
Yes,,when they were dividing up Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, I don't know why they didn't make the bottom of Michigan straight.
Toothless Feline 23 hours ago
Because Michigan and Ohio were fighting over the port of Toledo. That line was carefully negotiated separately from the Indiana-Michigan border. (Wisconsin was the loser of that war, btw.)
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Geoffrey Scott 13 hours ago (edited)
Old joke: "Didja hear they are moving the Michigan border north 20 miles?" .." (person from Lenawee county)Thank GOD".."Why?".."I can't take another Michigan winter".
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April Pickett 1 day ago
1. It's more fun for guys to be in the garage. 2. The wife won't let them in the house.
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The Starsong Princess 1 day ago
You make a plan then watch the weather report for two weeks. First it says the days will be fine, then six inches of Sonos, then fine. Basically, it’s a crapshoot.
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Brian Droste 1 day ago (edited)
Does anyone else see a person in the red outline with a really long arm?
John Dilligaf 1 day ago
the entire continental Unites States s an island, if you get right down to it
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Brian Droste 1 day ago
That is about right. Where I live it was a high of Friday morning of about 62 Fahrenheit, Sunday morning it is going to be about 24 degrees fahrenheit.
Nikole 1 day ago (edited)
We had thunderstorms too! No snow though. It was 60 on Thursday and right now it's 32. Edit: I just took out the garbage and there is a dusting of snow.
Load More Replies... Robyn Hill 20 hours ago
And sometimes, that high of 70 occurs at 6am, and by the time you get home from work, it’s 20 and blizzard conditions.
Multa Nocte 21 hours ago
Oklahoma, although farther south, used to have highly variable weather like this.
BrownEyedGrrl 9 hours ago (edited)
It still does. There's a saying that if you don't like the temperature in Oklahoma, just wait an hour. Or something like that.
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TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 1 day ago
No. Ranch is the beverage. Dip is something with Velveeta
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TheBadHalfofHel 22 hours ago
Considering that sign appears to be in Ireland (opposite side of the road), it's going to have some type of beer in it.
Did I say that out loud? 11 hours ago
Looks like England or Scotland. If Wales it would also be written in Welsh. Although Gaelic is used on many road signs in Scotland.
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UnclePanda 11 hours ago
I had a frisson of flashback fear because it was associated with seeing this sign over the years.
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Deborah Schuler 18 hours ago
That's the way they built them before and right after WWII.
Load More Replies... Brian Droste 1 day ago
I live in Indiana, I heard thst Gary Indiana is not a place you want to live in.
Michael Largey 23 hours ago
Gary was founded in the early 20th century as a steel manufacturing center. When the US steel industry collapsed, so did Gary.
Deborah Schuler 18 hours ago
I used to think Chicago was much further up the lakeshore than it is. When I was a kid, you could not see the end of the lake even from the Top of the Rock. (The observation deck on the Prudential Building, the tallest building in Chicago in the early 1960's.) The end of the lake was completely obscured by the smog generated by the steel mills in East Chicago, Hammond, and Gary.
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Mel in Georgia 6 hours ago
My hometown is in Ohio. Somebody commented here in Georgia (southern US) how they don't know how anyone would want to live in such a cold place. I said that there's something bracing and invigorating about a cold winter and I kinda miss it. Then I went back to visit. It was 36 degrees F and sleeting sideways. I thought, F this - I do not miss this at ALL!
Zig Zag Wanderer 1 day ago
I always thought the American Midwest was Oregon or something. Like the middle (n/s) of the west. How is this called Midwest?
Laura MG 1 day ago
Dude! Look at a MAP! Oregon is on the West Coast! 🙄. "Midwest" is, basically, midwest of the east coast. I grew up in Mich, btw.
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Mel in Georgia 6 hours ago
My hometown is in Ohio. Somebody commented here in Georgia (southern US) how they don't know how anyone would want to live in such a cold place. I said that there's something bracing and invigorating about a cold winter and I kinda miss it. Then I went back to visit. It was 36 degrees F and sleeting sideways. I thought, F this - I do not miss this at ALL!
Zig Zag Wanderer 1 day ago
I always thought the American Midwest was Oregon or something. Like the middle (n/s) of the west. How is this called Midwest?
Laura MG 1 day ago
Dude! Look at a MAP! Oregon is on the West Coast! 🙄. "Midwest" is, basically, midwest of the east coast. I grew up in Mich, btw.
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