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"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-report (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] Buffaloaf@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm from Wyoming and I'm calling bullshit on that number. Unless they talked to people living in the town of Midwest.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not only is Wyoming solidly in the west, Wyoming arguably defines the west. Cowboys, sagebrush, the Rockies... If any part of Wyoming is "the midwest," so is the moon.

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't the tourism "mascot" for WY a cowboy? Kinda screams Western state to me.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The cowboy on the bucking bronco is also on their license plate.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

According to google the town of Midwest, WY has 283 people, which is damn near half of the state's population. So add in a few more confused cowboys and that checks out.

[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Totally agree. I’m in Colorado, nobody would ever call this the midwest. Maybe all the midwestern transplants here were confused about the question?