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Question: What states make up the Midwest?
#1
Colorado
#2
Illinois
#3
Indiana
#4
Iowa
#5
Kansas
#6
Kentucky
#7
Michigan
#8
Minnesota
#9
Missouri
#10
Nebraska
#11
New York
#12
North Dakota
#13
Ohio
#14
Oklahoma
#15
South Dakota
#16
Pennslyvania
#17
West Virginia
#18
Wisconsin
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Goldwater
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« on: February 16, 2017, 11:50:46 AM »
The plains states plus the Great Lake states. Do some people seriously consider Colorado Midwestern? WTF?
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Goldwater
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E: 1.55, S: -4.52
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2017, 11:59:20 AM »
If I divide the country into West, Midwest, South, and northeast, it would like something like this:



Though I tend to flip-flop on whether Texas is Western or Southern, and Oklahoma doesn't quite fit into any of the regions in my mind...
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Goldwater
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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2017, 12:19:34 PM »

If you are going to have a separate Southwest region, it seems weird to not include AZ in it...
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Goldwater
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« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2017, 01:07:15 PM »
This is not really as well thought out and just something I did for fun, but at one point I decided to divide the contiguous 48 states (+DC) into 7 regions of 7 states each, and this is what I came up with:
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Goldwater
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« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2017, 03:45:46 PM »
Quote from: Eharding on February 17, 2017, 03:37:12 PM
Doubt if Illinois can really be considered a part of the Midwest anymore

Then what is it? The only other region it's geographically somewhat close to is the South, which would make even less sense.
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