astonishment-and-dread asked:

Red outline is the entire midwest (includes western new york)

blue is the plains midwest

green is the great lakes midwest

yellow is missouri and co. (includes southern ohio and illinois)

amtrak-official answered:

No Ohio River valley midwesterners?

[ragingcitrustree]

Ohio River Valley is Appalachia.

[amtrak-official]

Louisville and Cincinnati are not Appalachian in any way, I’m sorry