[T3] Invasion 2012

[Bob Myers]

> I agree. I grew up in Indiana, and Hoosiers think of themselves as in
> the middle of the midwest. Now I always thought the midwest consisted
> of Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Wisconsin, & Michigan; sort of
> the northern half everything east of the Mississippi and west of the
> Smokeys. So I was stumped when I met people from Kansas who thought
> THEY were from the midwest.
>
> Taking the larger view, my part of the country should be the mideast,
> with the midwest consisting of states just to the west of the
> mississippi but not as far as the Rockies.
>
> The St Louis arch is billed as the gateway to the west implying that what
lies beyond is the west.
There is an area of Kansas City MO historically called Westport...
And yet anyone from KS or MO will say they are midwesterners. Maybe because
there is so much of the west still to our west or because we are plains
states.
Bob Myers
KCMO
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