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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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[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's because the US started on the east coast and expanded westward, it was named back when it actually was the middle of the west and just never changed it. Same way we still refer to the art movement that began in the late 1800s as "modern art".

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm just being a smartass. Although, Americans do have trouble renaming things.

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[–] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Good thing you brought it up, though. I was really confused about where midwest turned out to be.