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"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-report (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] ApexHunter@lemmy.ml 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)

TIL that 25% of people living in Idaho are even dumber than I previously thought they were ...

[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They are roughly in the middle of the west, as a whole country. I think our Midwest is fairly far east, due in part to the fact that the western edge of the USA was once much further east, and many conventions have survived from that time.

I am from Illinois, which fits most folks idea of what is midwest, but it's really and truly just...middle

[–] Deuces@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Three wests were given to the US, wisest and fairest. Seven to the dwarf lords...

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Idaho is a... special place... if you know what I mean.