How do you define the Midwest?

[Flint1979]

For Arkansas, I have only been to that state three times. I entered from Missouri on I-55 and thought that area around there felt Midwestern to me, once I got to the outskirts of Memphis and onto Little Rock I started feeling like I was in the South. I think of it as being in the South but not the Deep South like I already said in a previous post but the NE corner feels Midwestern. And as far as Missouri goes that's Midwestern for sure. The part out by Springfield and Joplin feels more like a combination of Oklahoma, Missouri itself and Kansas.

[JayhawkCO]

For Arkansas, I have only been to that state three times. I entered from Missouri on I-55 and thought that area around there felt Midwestern to me, once I got to the outskirts of Memphis and onto Little Rock I started feeling like I was in the South. I think of it as being in the South but not the Deep South like I already said in a previous post but the NE corner feels Midwestern. And as far as Missouri goes that's Midwestern for sure. The part out by Springfield and Joplin feels more like a combination of Oklahoma, Missouri itself and Kansas.

Sure, but then get down by Thayer/West Plains and Missouri is more like West Virginia.

[JayhawkCO]

Saw this on Twitter. If you had to divide the country up with three straight lines...

[kphoger]

Dude, that's . . . well . . . now, hold on . . . that's actually not bad!

[JayhawkCO]

Dude, that's . . . well . . . now, hold on . . . that's actually not bad!

That's what I thought too. Western Maryland being the South? Check. Southern Illinois and Missouri being the South? Check. There's always nuance, but for three straight lines, I don't think you can do much better.

[kphoger]

I'd personally slant the West line a bit to the southeast-northwest, but leave the point of intersection the same.  So the north end of the line would be near the MT/ND border, and the south end would be farther down the Rio Grande.  But that's about it.

[JayhawkCO]

I'd personally slant the West line a bit to the southeast-northwest, but leave the point of intersection the same.  So the north end of the line would be near the MT/ND border, and the south end would be farther down the Rio Grande.  But that's about it.

I could be amenable to that as well. Eastern Montana, as we've discussed could be Midwestern. It would probably make Sterling, CO in the Midwest which isn't unreasonable. And something like Ozona, TX could be in the West.

[jlam]

I would probably put all of Colorado's High Plains (east of Limon but north of I-70) in the Midwest, but using the straight lines, that would put part of New Mexico in the South, which it is most assuredly not.