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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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[–] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't know if it's providence, algorithm, or confirmation bias, but I just ran into a four-day-old Namexplain video on this exact subject.

TLDR: it used to be the westernmost part of the country, called Northwest Territory, but then we got some more land farther west and changed the name, but then we got more land further further west and didn't.