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The Midwest Is A Whole Different Place, And This Account Sums It Up Perfectly (50 Pics)
What do you think is the best region in the best country in the world? The Northeast with its historic cities like Pittsburgh and Philadelphia? Or the West and its geographical diversity? Nice try. It's the Midwest. Or at least this Twitter account thinks so.
'Midwest vs. Everybody' is on a mission to rightfully represent and defend 'THE #1 region' in the US, and its tweets are hilariously convincing. Whether we're talking about the people, the climate, or the nature, continue scrolling and check out what life in the Midwest is really like!
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Every time it snowed pretty hard we all sat there listening to the radio hoping for a snow day. Then we'd spend the entire day out in the snow or on the lake skating.
Midwest, also called Middle West or the North Central States, is a region in northern and central United States, lying midway between the Appalachians and the Rocky Mountains and north of the Ohio River and the 37th parallel.
Yep...you know, just the other day my grandpa told me....lmao. So true
The Midwest—as defined by the federal government—comprises the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Actually composed of two regions, the Northwest Territory, or the Old Northwest, and the Great Plains, you could say the Midwest has become more an idea than a region: an area of immense diversity but somehow consciously representative of a national average.
"'Midwest vs. Everybody' was a build-out of our original page, Iowa Chill," the creators of the fun online project told Bored Panda. "Most of the following is from the Midwest and we figured that people in Iowa have had similar experiences to people in Ohio or Indiana."
basically if you live in illinois, there's a reason everyone says they live in chicago. nobody remembers "JOLIET" and "ROCKFORD" off the top of their heads
Same ritual here in the uk but we say 'right then' as we slap our knees and rise out of a chair.
"All of the people that run the account live in the Midwest. We endorse the simple and warm culture of living in an area of the Midwest that is usually seen as a flyover," the team explained.
The Northwest Territory entered the United States in 1783 at the conclusion of the American Revolution and was organized under a series of ordinances that set the precedent for the admission of future territories into the Union.
Although all my family is Dutch and still living in the Netherlands, we appear to be from the Midwest....
The Great Plains entered the United States in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Purchase. The Plains were to develop primarily agriculturally, but the Northwest Territory, blessed with both fertile soil and valuable natural resources (coal, oil, iron ore, and limestone), would develop both industrially and agriculturally.
Despite regional economic shifts adverse to the Midwest, the region has continued to be the most important economic region in the United Stated, leading all other sections in value added by manufacture and in total value of farm marketings.
I mean, we do bother clearing a spot in front of the drivers seat, and whatever side window/backwindow combo for whatever turn we plan on making.
I was holding the door for a dude at work and he decided he was going to be funny and start walking really slow. So I stood there holding it all the way until he got there and then closed it on him and walked off. The doors need a badge-scan to go through so not a big deal but it amused me.
i live at the end of a cul de sac, so the snow plower would never completely plow our section of the road. my dad would always curse the mayor out and try to fix our snow blower. 10 things flying at my face later, he finally started to shovel. needless to say some of my worst memories growing up have been commemorated with shoveling snow.
this is how all my conversations w/ my friends go-ope sorry yeah yeah no dude its fine noo but I'm sorry bout that I really am its fine its fine it was my fault no it was mine I said its FINE joe
My father used to drive the family to Toronto for summer vacation. He'd always brag about how he made it in under X hours and Y minutes, beating his last travel time.
at that point i just write down the time minus an hour and say nope you were actually 45 minutes behind.
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Yeah, because you live an hour + away from the airport, and you destination is an hour+ away from the airport. So you need to burn 3 hours getting to the airport and past security, 2-3 on the flight, and then 3 getting off the flight, renting a car, and driving to your destination. So, you paid hundreds extra for a flight and a car to save 4 hours in travel time.
Yep! I live in the midwest, and I have never been on a plane, my parents took our family of 7 on a trip to new york
I'm from a family of 6. We lived in MI and drove to Wyoming, Texas, New York, Massachusetts, South Carolina... I even did a "short trip" with friends, driving to Massachusetts for a long weekend. Driving is half the adventure. Oh, and most of those were pulling a pop-up camper lol.
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This is concept that is strange to us in the UK. To us driving 200 miles in 4 hours is the equivalent of a moon mission! We can drive from one end of the UK to the other in 14 hours. My dream holiday would be driving across North America in one of those big RVs just stopping at random places to meet people and admire the view. Might have to extend that to the Midwest now.
that's just in movies, driving more than 4 hours anywhere feels like torture
Load More Replies... That was my mom when we went down to southern Texas 3 years ago (it took us over 20 hours to get there). This year, I'm planning on driving to Albuquerque & it's going to take me 17.5-18+ hours to get there (for context, we live in western Illinois).
Making good time on the road increases the size of male genitals... I think. It's sure important enough that I can infer that.
my family is Midwestern even if people don't consider KY as Midwest. like reading these, especially this one, make me think "totally my family LOL"
We're is the person now that said it sounded Australian on other comments?
I grew up in Michigan and moved to NY, I died a little inside when I finally had to start calling my pop soda because I got tired of explaining it, but they will never take my "opes" and whispered apologies.
Here in sodak, anything is possible. February and have had almost NO snow at all this winter
This is also an East Coast Canadian thing.....the letter "R" is casually tossed into strange places, like the end of the name Emma (Emmer) and the word wasp (warsp),. I love it
yep we're pretty lame here in illinois. except for the few ikea, the malls, portillo's, chicago, and springfield. other than that we might as well not be here.
Um yeah, why waste money on a plane trip? According to my dad if my parents and older siblings take turns driving, we won't even have to stop for the night on the way there or back.
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I had an overwhelming urge to comment on nearly every one of these. Never has a post seemed more relatable. I have lived in exactly 3 states. Missouri, Illinois and Iowa. I've had cows, goats and pigs in the back of my SUV. Good hay that's been put up right makes me deliriously happy. At least a few times a year a neighbor pulls up to ask if the cows that are out belong to us. At least once a year they do. I DO know when it's going to rain. I hate putting people out by asking for help. The phrase 'going to town' is a permanent part of my vernacular. As is 'ope, so sorry' and 'wouldn't be so bad if that wind wasn't blowing.' The town I live near has 17,000 people and the only walmart for miles. When people from our area say they're 'going to town,' they mean they're taking a trip to Kirksville so they can get their shopping done.
I feel a bit that way and do not even live in America
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Been there, lived there, never going there again. I saw more Confederate flags in the US Midwest than I see living in the US South. No thanks. Downvote away, but it was a horrible time for me, being asked if I was Jewish or n-word b/c... wait for it... I have, and I quote "such dark eyes". Over and over, random people, like every other month, just asking me that. I had no idea I wasn't white "enough" till I moved to the US Midwest. turns out, no, I'm not. Good to know where NOT to be!
I'm so sorry that was your experience. I definitely see a lot of that here. There are a few pockets of educated civility though. Our little town has a population of only around 17,000 but we're lucky enough to have a fairly liberal university and a med school so the decent folks outnumber the racist idiots in my neck of the woods. We did still have a nauseating number of Trump yard signs though, which was super disappointing.
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90% of these are not midwest specific. What would be specific would be to add "likely to vote for a racist, fascist, homophobe" or "think they are special because they literally can't get out of their state in a day of driving because it's bigger than most countries"
I really wondered about many of these. I've lived in Minnesota all my life, and I just don't know which ones are not midwest-specific, but some seem like they very likely were not. As for "likely to vote for a racist, fascist, homophobe", that's not me. Minnesota went for Sanders in 2016, and I think we were the state with highest votes for Warren.
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Ope.... yeah, I haven't lived in Illinois for 27 years.... I still say it daily....
From birth until adulthood, I lived in South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Ohio (the latter I don't really consider Midwest, but some do). And I not only have never used the word "ope", I haven't heard anyone else use it either. I don't even know what it means. But yeah, a lot of the rest is accurate. Lots of apologizing. Lots of stoicism. And outdoor barbecues when the first Spring day gets above 50 F.
Trust me. Ohio is the Midwest. Pennsylvania, no. Cleveland, OH maybe. West Virginia, no. Ohio? Oh yeah. If you're one of theirs, of course. And then they don't apologize.
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I am a Midwesterner and I can confirm most of these are true. And I facepalmed at all of the Dad Midwesterner sayings because I heard them in my dad's voice and I'm sure he said all of them the last time I saw him, which was last week!
I'm from the north west of England and apart from a few colloquialisms, the distance between neighbours and having to deal with tornadoes, we're not far off each other! We can relate on a f**k load of the other stuff!
I feel like you're talking about central Canada, even the social aspects are the same.
Maybe midwesterners should get out of the midwest sometime. At least half of these are true in a lot of places. Pretty much anywhere that gets snow or people are polite.
I grew up in Maine but I have lived in the Midwest for over 30 years now. I love it here. The folks are friendly. The cost of living is reasonable. The crime rates are low. And the traffic is better.
So basically the midwest is just Oregon but with more snow and lower DOT road repair standards. Got it.
Never even been to any these places, and a vast majority of these is me anyways.
"What do you think is the best region in the best country in the world?" I'm not really sure about this question. Do you mean New Zealand, Sweden, Norway? Why do you sometimes give us loads of criticism of the USA, then on the other hand, you suck its balls like your life depended on it?
Almost as if there were more than one writer at BP. Almost. As. If.
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I had an overwhelming urge to comment on nearly every one of these. Never has a post seemed more relatable. I have lived in exactly 3 states. Missouri, Illinois and Iowa. I've had cows, goats and pigs in the back of my SUV. Good hay that's been put up right makes me deliriously happy. At least a few times a year a neighbor pulls up to ask if the cows that are out belong to us. At least once a year they do. I DO know when it's going to rain. I hate putting people out by asking for help. The phrase 'going to town' is a permanent part of my vernacular. As is 'ope, so sorry' and 'wouldn't be so bad if that wind wasn't blowing.' The town I live near has 17,000 people and the only walmart for miles. When people from our area say they're 'going to town,' they mean they're taking a trip to Kirksville so they can get their shopping done.
I feel a bit that way and do not even live in America
Load More Replies... Been there, lived there, never going there again. I saw more Confederate flags in the US Midwest than I see living in the US South. No thanks. Downvote away, but it was a horrible time for me, being asked if I was Jewish or n-word b/c... wait for it... I have, and I quote "such dark eyes". Over and over, random people, like every other month, just asking me that. I had no idea I wasn't white "enough" till I moved to the US Midwest. turns out, no, I'm not. Good to know where NOT to be!
I'm so sorry that was your experience. I definitely see a lot of that here. There are a few pockets of educated civility though. Our little town has a population of only around 17,000 but we're lucky enough to have a fairly liberal university and a med school so the decent folks outnumber the racist idiots in my neck of the woods. We did still have a nauseating number of Trump yard signs though, which was super disappointing.
Load More Replies... 90% of these are not midwest specific. What would be specific would be to add "likely to vote for a racist, fascist, homophobe" or "think they are special because they literally can't get out of their state in a day of driving because it's bigger than most countries"
I really wondered about many of these. I've lived in Minnesota all my life, and I just don't know which ones are not midwest-specific, but some seem like they very likely were not. As for "likely to vote for a racist, fascist, homophobe", that's not me. Minnesota went for Sanders in 2016, and I think we were the state with highest votes for Warren.
Load More Replies... Ope.... yeah, I haven't lived in Illinois for 27 years.... I still say it daily....
From birth until adulthood, I lived in South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Ohio (the latter I don't really consider Midwest, but some do). And I not only have never used the word "ope", I haven't heard anyone else use it either. I don't even know what it means. But yeah, a lot of the rest is accurate. Lots of apologizing. Lots of stoicism. And outdoor barbecues when the first Spring day gets above 50 F.
Trust me. Ohio is the Midwest. Pennsylvania, no. Cleveland, OH maybe. West Virginia, no. Ohio? Oh yeah. If you're one of theirs, of course. And then they don't apologize.
Load More Replies... I am a Midwesterner and I can confirm most of these are true. And I facepalmed at all of the Dad Midwesterner sayings because I heard them in my dad's voice and I'm sure he said all of them the last time I saw him, which was last week!
I'm from the north west of England and apart from a few colloquialisms, the distance between neighbours and having to deal with tornadoes, we're not far off each other! We can relate on a f**k load of the other stuff!
I feel like you're talking about central Canada, even the social aspects are the same.
Maybe midwesterners should get out of the midwest sometime. At least half of these are true in a lot of places. Pretty much anywhere that gets snow or people are polite.
I grew up in Maine but I have lived in the Midwest for over 30 years now. I love it here. The folks are friendly. The cost of living is reasonable. The crime rates are low. And the traffic is better.
So basically the midwest is just Oregon but with more snow and lower DOT road repair standards. Got it.
Never even been to any these places, and a vast majority of these is me anyways.
"What do you think is the best region in the best country in the world?" I'm not really sure about this question. Do you mean New Zealand, Sweden, Norway? Why do you sometimes give us loads of criticism of the USA, then on the other hand, you suck its balls like your life depended on it?
Almost as if there were more than one writer at BP. Almost. As. If.
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