Re: BEg2 It’s a state of mind, rilly, isn’t it?

[Mark Kohut]

The Midwest, as defined by the federal government, comprises the
states of *Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North
Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin*.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States

https://www.britannica.com/place/Midwest

On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 5:39 AM Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Rich wrote:
>
> reminds me of Delillo's take on same in Players. deep midwest is an
> interesting term--lots of choices though I found people from the Midwest
> disagree on which states qualify, a friend in Kansas for example
> doesnt consider Ohio a midwestern state
>
>
> - Horst refers to the badlands; that’d be in the Dakotas for sure, so for
> him that’s in the Midwest. Where Horst’s folks live - Iowa - is already
> pretty far north, isn’t it? I mean it’s got all of Missouri under it
>
> When I lived in Kansas they called Michigan, Wisconsin, & the Dakotas
> “North Central” which I haven’t heard anywhere else.
> When I lived in Michigan we thought we were in the Midwest.
> In Florida people rarely talk about that part of the country, around me,
> anyway.
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