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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And you literally cannot see anything BUT the blinding snowflakes coming at you.
I find it tiring after a while, its easy to get mesmerized
Load More Replies...I never thought of that, or you are in Star Trek starship and traveling through space. .
Omg....38 years I have lived in the Midwest and never thought of using my heel once 🤣
Load More Replies...No. When I was in high school in Alaska we never had a single snow day, for obvious reasons.
Load More Replies...I remember President Obama's disbelief when his daughters' school in DC closed because they got a whole quarter inch of snow one day.
That's normal in Ireland. Well, driving is impossible when there's snow on the roads.
Load More Replies...One Sunday night I got a call. "No school." "No school tomorrow?" "No school this week." (Blizzard of '78.)
I can remember we had too many snow days and had to go to school on Saturdays to make days up.
Load More Replies...Where I live they still do this but not only on the news but on regular programs also now a days.
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).
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.
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.
Sometimes they are massively larger than the bun! Love them.
Load More Replies...The little hole in the wall restaurants are always the best . I'll take a BLT
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)
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.
What's not to love? You've got a container, add lettuce, tomatos, taco meat, and cheese and you are good to go.
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...If you want some true delicious insanity, go to Mexico and try Dorilocos! Doritos with gummy bears, Japansese peanuts, carrot shreds, pickled pig skin, hot sauce.and a few other ingredients I'm forgetting. Sounds horrible but is delish!
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.
I love these scales. Like, tell me when my garbage bin will need relocation from another block!
Storms ought to be named after small dogs. Imagine the morning news, Storm Kibbles is barrelling down on us at about 10 am
I don't care if there is no wind and the sun is shining. I am staying inside.
You aren't Midwestern if you don't wear shorts and a hoody on a fine day like thet
Load More Replies...Never buy a house on the downside of a hill. Think of water run-off, snow, and ice.
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.
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...We've lived in our house for over 30 years. I have never come home and entered by the front door. Never.
In, but not of Indiana. Oh, yes - pain. All you need to know about Indiana is that it's the northernmost southern state.
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."
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...Corn...yup 👍 and we've got a cow made out of butter at the state fair.
You don't have to be from Iowa to love a life-size cow sculpted from butter.
Load More Replies...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...
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.
Cheese dip, lil' smokies and the third is a wonderful mystery. If you're lucky some form of mac'n'cheese
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
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...Once again can confirm. I have lived in Kansas around 30 years and the roadwork on Kellogg in Wichita Kansas has never finished
OMG, is it still going? I moved away from Kansas 8 years ago!
Load More Replies...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.
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.
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.
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.
ICE doesn't need a problem to show up. They bring it with them.
Load More Replies...Right?? Not that I'm complaining about the lack of snow though...
Load More Replies...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.
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.
I've thought about moving someplace like the Upper Peninsula. I've changed my mind.
Since McDonald's fries are so durable, maybe we need to paved the roads in McDonald's fries.
Same! The fries are never properly salted. They seem to put it all on the burgers instead
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?
The awesome power of a group when it needs something done can't be over-estimated.
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.
I had the great privilege to sit front row with my Dad and listen to Gordon sing this song on Father's Day 2018.
When I first heard that song I didn't realize it was based on a true wreck until years later.
You arent a true Midwesterner if that hasn't happened at least once to you
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!
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.
Fuuuck I forgot to do this. - 14°C (7°F) to night. Really hope I don't need to go anywhere tomorrow.
Just pour boiling water on it(DON'T!!)
Load More Replies...My face would be a 🙂when there is no snow and a 🙁 when there is snow.
Have to agree. Snow makes such a mess. Then they salt and you track in salty snow and man more mess.
Load More Replies...Huge kick out of Lawrence ks being the hometown of the guys in supernatural
Hutchinson's only claim to fame is the time it randomly started blowing up
Load More Replies...There is nothing like watching harvesting machines when it is pitch black out! They seem like fictional monsters come to life.
This is the second time Indiana is put down. What is so wrong with Indiana?
Load More Replies...I don't understand? We have coats on beds at parties and I live in fricking London.
It's a bit different when the windchill is -20
Load More Replies...Not Los Angeles. The front hall might be crowded with shoes though?😄
Load More Replies...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.
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.
Load More Replies...Funny, a lot of roads in Phoenix look like this. Some places are almost more patch than road.
Isn't Hidden Valley no.1? It's certainly my favourite.
Load More Replies...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
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.
You aren't a real Midwesterner if you aren't wearing shorts on a fine day like that
Load More Replies...I hired a snow removal company last year. Great decision! It’s amazing how quickly they can clear my driveway.
One of my neighbors is also one of the snow plow drivers. my road is always plowed.
I'm very lucky and grateful for my neighbor John who does my driveway.
In Seattle, the neighbor with a good quality, steel snow shovel is amazingly popular
In Indiana we always had to get in "Hoosier mama" and then laugh like an idiot.
Someone told a UK citizen "You could fit your whole country into Nebraska." The Brit replied "Yes, but why would I want to?"
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.
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.
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.
I would like to take a road trip up around Michigan side of Michigan lake to visit some of the lighthouses.
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.
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.
I'd rather drive for entertainment purposes that live in a place like that.
Load More Replies...True! Except they skip Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and Idaho too.
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
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.
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.
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.
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...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.
Nope. I'm a Midwesterner, but not an idiot. Well, not complete idiot anyway
I live in Massachusetts not the Midwest but northern and I wear shorts unless it’s single digits
69. because my husband never left his teen years.
Load More Replies...That... is exactly what my thermostat is set to at this exact moment lol
That is to cold for me. The minimum I keep my thermostat on is 70 degrees.
They always did look perky during the holidays, even the smallest, meanest shithole would light up and look festive.
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.
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?
Load More Replies...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.
You should also drive around picturesque University Circle, which is neither circular nor part of a university.
Load More Replies...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.
Well we ARE only 11 days into 2026, so take that for what it's worth.
Load More Replies...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.
Always goes 1 of 2 ways. Either everyone stares like you are an outsider or everyone says 'sup
Load More Replies...Until there are, and then it seems like they are as packed as heavily as that snow is.
There may be not method to our madness, but there's plenty of m**h.
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.
I can't say this very loudly since I now live in France, but I DO miss those.
Load More Replies...The frozen ones are much h better. They are the closest you can get to homemade biscuits.
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.
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...And sometimes, that high of 70 occurs at 6am, and by the time you get home from work, it’s 20 and blizzard conditions.
Oklahoma, although farther south, used to have highly variable weather like this.
30's today in Kansas, 68 on Mnoday
Load More Replies...Yes,when they were dividing up Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, I don't know why they didn't make the bottom of Michigan straight.
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.)
Load More Replies...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!
That's the way they built them before and right after WWII.
Load More Replies...I live in Indiana, I heard thst Gary Indiana is not a place you want to live in.
Gary was founded in the early 20th century as a steel manufacturing center. When the US steel industry collapsed, so did Gary.
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.
Load More Replies...If you want to understand the Midwest, visit Iowa. If you want to misunderstand the Midwest, visit Chicago.
1. It's more fun for guys to be in the garage. 2. The wife won't let them in the house.
Dies anyone else see a person in the red outline with a really long arm?
the entire continental Unites States s an island, if you get right down to it
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.
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.
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.
Where I live the cars are parked on the street. People pour warm water over the windscreen, which freezes when it hits the ground.
Load More Replies...Problem is the guy behind in the 1st picture doesn't have snow tires.
No. Ranch is the beverage. Dip is something with Velveeta
Load More Replies...Considering that sign appears to be in Ireland (opposite side of the road), it's going to have some type of beer in it.
I always thought the American Midwest was Oregon or something. Like the middle (n/s) of the west. How is this called Midwest?
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.
Load More Replies...I always thought the American Midwest was Oregon or something. Like the middle (n/s) of the west. How is this called Midwest?
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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