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[โ€“] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I will die on the hill that โ€œthe midwest USAโ€ means Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, etc. rather than fucking Illinois. Nobody knows the internal or historical politics of another country. When you refer to Midwest on the Internet, people from other countries automatically assume itโ€™s an actual direction. Thereโ€™s zero reason in this day and age to refer to a region by an outdated, historical term that has no basis in reality, especially when that term is absolutely harmful to understanding.

Thank you for listening to my TED Talk.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Midwest comes from when the East Coast was the only heavily populated part of the US, and the rest of it was just called "The West."

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Hang on, where is the... er, theoretical Midwest if it's not in the west...?

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