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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (6 children)

You know it's strange to me how the US has a Midwest but there's no middle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Middle of the western expansion from the eastern colonies.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Because New York and DC think they run the rest of the country.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

Midwest got its name because at one point it was very hard to get past the Rocky, Cascadia, and Coastal mountain ranges that each span from Canada to Mexico. So the Midwest was sort of the middle point between the East Coast and the Rockies.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The whole continent is the west and the midwest is in the middle of it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nah, too logical. I prefer the explaination that the USA just doesn't have a center.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah, that tracks.

- the Overton window, probably

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago

And the middle east is on another continent entirely

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It’s there, it’s a giant cornhole, if you approach too close the force of ennui will pull you in and prevent you from escaping

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Can confirm, the cost of living is too low, and the ground is too flat. I can't get out.