Map of broad U.S regions
This is the best one actually I love the overlap it makes so much sense now
@amtrak-official I think you were asking about these
I love getting midwest maps
Give me a map of the midwest how you imagine it, and don't just use state lines, show me how you think the cultural area of the midwest actually exists in the US
Is it bad I think this sounds like a good idea
Me an Australian: mid-west, middle west? Average west? Is that the turbo racist part? I only just found out what the Bible belt means, uhhh...
Best guess, midwest is everything within the circle.
Move that about 3 states eastward and your dead right
Give me a map of the midwest how you imagine it, and don't just use state lines, show me how you think the cultural area of the midwest actually exists in the US
as a midwesterner
we count kansas. vaguely. we do not count missouri. you people say “y’all” more than “you guys” and “excuse me” more than “ope, i’m just gonna squeeze by ya” and say “miss” and “sir” wayyyyy to often to be midwesterners
Blurry, and quick, still like it though
Give me a map of the midwest how you imagine it, and don't just use state lines, show me how you think the cultural area of the midwest actually exists in the US
Blue dots: cities that come to mind if I'm trying to name a Midwestern city to explain the Midwest to someone
Green dots: other cities among the 120 most populous cities in the US which feel probably Midwestern to me
Orange shaded region: Midwest core
Purple shaded region: yeah sure probably Midwestern but it kind of depends on context (Food? Demographics? Religion? Politics? Music? Natural environment/climate?)
Black dotted line: approximate "upper Midwest" versus "lower Midwest" boundary
Red line: approximate "the South" boundary- yes I guess I believe the South and the Midwest aren't mutually exclusive
Pink circled region: the Great Plains- a unified region which should be included or excluded from the Midwest as a package deal. I typically include it but I don't feel strongly about whether it would be better to consider it a separate but related region. However, if someone thinks the only thing west of the Midwest is The West, then the Great Plains should be in the Midwest, because they are definitely NOT the West.
I thought about some of the qualities people might think about the Midwest and looked up maps for them. Here they are, with the Midwest indicated by that quality circled. Note I am not making claims about whether any of these qualities are good or bad, they're just things that get associated with midwesternness.
"the Midwest is flat"
"the Midwest is not diverse"
"the Midwest was a hub for the Great Migration"
"the Midwest is union states that were not the original colonies or the far west"
"the Midwest has a significant mainline protestant population" (pink ABCUSA, orange ELCA, and green UMC on this map)
"the Midwest is farmland"
"the Midwest has wet summers and dry winters"
"people in the Midwest are of primarily German, Scandinavian, and Native American ancestry"
There are lots of these kinds of things that aren't occurring to me at the moment. But just for fun let's combine these ones into a map! There's a transparent purple layer for each of the previous maps, and a black outline for places that fall into at least 5 of the 8 regions.
Maybe this is the Midwest? Probably better than my first reblog on instinct alone.
I am sad that op never gave me feedback like they did for some others :( I want a good grade in making pictures and interacting with my current favorite theme blog :(
I am sorry I was busy, your midwest is very good
Give me a map of the midwest how you imagine it, and don't just use state lines, show me how you think the cultural area of the midwest actually exists in the US
especially the western border/western side of the southern border is somewhat vague (and probably should have been marked as such) because I haven't spent enough time there to gather nuance/exact boundaries (particularly in Missouri I do intend a division but not sure where)
I support this vision of the Midwest
whimsical-catacombs asked:
Everything roughly north of the Arkansas river and Mississippi Delta/River Valley, East of the Rocky Mountain Plateaus, and West of the Appalachian foothills
This is probably the largest possible map I will still accept
luxcalibur asked:
As someone from New York City who wouldn't be caught dead to the west of Philly, you know my opinion on this is correct
That does seem to be the popular idea, but consider including some of the eastern Plains states
j-egg-ssica asked:
ALTMostly non-controversial I think, but it doesn't include most of ND, SD, Nebraska, and Kansas. The larger cities on the eastern edge of those states (eg KCK and Omaha) are included, but the rest of each state is more a part of the "plains region" IMO. In the east of the region, some of WV, PA, and NY are included but Pittsburgh and Buffalo are excluded.
I said no state lines, but okay. One question why is Louisville excluded if part of West Virgina is included
the-bear-of-bad-news asked:
like this r smthn
blue zome is higher saturatiom
Is that fucking Huntsville Alabama
lady-of-innisfree asked:
the Midwest? (Michigan’s upper peninsula is not the Midwest, it’s basically Canada)
That’s a good midwest, I support it
