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[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yes the Illinois/Missouri/Iowa group could be nothing other than Midwest, I don’t know how those aren’t 100%. We’re the poster children of Midwest

[–] PlasterAnalyst@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Missouri is pretty Southern culturally, due to all the racism.

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh I know, I live here, it’s still IN the Midwest though. STL and KC are at least decent cities, the rest of the state is horrible though

St. Louis is actually referred to (by its tourism board, at least) as "The Gateway to The West". So, if it's not mid west, I don't know what they're thinking.

[–] theodewere@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

similarly, there's a good chunk of Southern Illinois that is basically indistinguishable from Kentucky.. same for Indiana..

[–] tasty4skin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

my guess is that the 4.7% of missourians saying no are all in the ozarks/boot heel

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Nah, they can’t read

[–] jscummy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

There's a big cultural divide for Illinois, Chicago isn't very "Midwest" compared to downstate.