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Question: What states make up the Midwest?
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Colorado
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Illinois
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Indiana
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Iowa
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Kansas
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Kentucky
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Michigan
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Minnesota
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Missouri
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Nebraska
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Ohio
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TDAS04
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« on: February 17, 2017, 08:59:10 AM »
« edited: February 17, 2017, 09:53:44 AM by TDAS04 »

This is my definition.

Pennsylvania is clearly in the Northeat because of geography (even Ohio is getting a bit Eastern).  
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« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2017, 02:47:36 PM »
Pennsylvania may be more Midwestern in its contemporary politics, but it is a Northeastern state.  Just as Illinois is a Midwestern state; Illinois may look more like a Northeast state politically, but it's clearly not Northeastern since it's so far from the Northeast geographically. 

I don't have a problem debating the Plains state, since they are both a mix a Midwest and West culturally and a link between the regions geographically.  I still consider Plains states such as my own to be Midwestern on balance, but it definitely feels like I'm in the Wild West when I'm in the Black Hills region.
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« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2017, 03:58:26 PM »
« Edited: February 17, 2017, 04:06:39 PM by TDAS04 »
Quote from: Eharding on February 17, 2017, 03:55:35 PM
Really, IL is more like NJ (or maybe, on occasion, CT) than any state of the Midwest.

Which region a state belongs to is not dictated by politics.
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« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2017, 04:07:39 PM »
Quote from: Eharding on February 17, 2017, 04:06:10 PM
Quote from: TDAS04 on February 17, 2017, 03:58:26 PM
Quote from: Eharding on February 17, 2017, 03:55:35 PM
Really, IL is more like NJ (or maybe, on occasion, CT) than any state of the Midwest.

Politics don't dictate which region a state belongs to.

-Not just in politics.

How else is Illinois not Midwestern?
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