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

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

80% of the state is to the west of the Appalachian chain. We haven't been midwestern since Ohio gained statehood in 1803. However, nearly 10% of my state has tied itself to an identity as a Midwesterner because for 20 years conservatives have been calling it "the real america". It's like Pennsylvanias flying the Confederate flag. It's about identity, not history or reality.