Yeah as a Kansan I always just assumed I was Midwest since… well… I’m as mid as it gets…
I recognize that I’m Central and not west though , feels like Midwest should really be Colorado/Nevada etc. Certainly doesn’t make any sense for those northeastern states to be called Midwest though.
Colorado and Nevada fall under the west category, same as Kansas. Anything west of Ohio River Valley is the west and the states shown above are midway to the west. The states you call northeastern are still west of the east coast and therefore part of the west.
Yeah as a Kansan I always just assumed I was Midwest since… well… I’m as mid as it gets…
I recognize that I’m Central and not west though , feels like Midwest should really be Colorado/Nevada etc. Certainly doesn’t make any sense for those northeastern states to be called Midwest though.
As a native Oklahoman, the term always confused hell out of me.
Being from Oklahoma, I am not a bit surprised. Look at your states education ranking.
It really shouldn’t. It’s a historical name. Most people lived in the east and came west.
Colorado and Nevada fall under the west category, same as Kansas. Anything west of Ohio River Valley is the west and the states shown above are midway to the west. The states you call northeastern are still west of the east coast and therefore part of the west.