How do you define the Midwest?

[hbelkins]

If Michigan and Ohio aren't Midwest, what region are they in?

I had it in my head as a kid that there was kind of a Mideast region too, that included Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, western Pennsylvania. They weren't quite Midwest, but weren't obviously East Coast either.

I have never heard of a mideast region being used in any situation. My opinion, if they say pop its Midwest.

In the NCAA t6ournament, there was a mideast region, since replaced with the south region.

I was going to mention that. And the conferences were assigned specific slots in each region. The SEC, the Big 10, the Ohio Valley Conference were all assigned to the Mideast Region. (Plus Notre Dame, if they got an invitation). I'm not sure if the Missouri Valley Conference was assigned to the Mideast or Midwest.

But that was back in the 1970s.

[Scott5114]

Everyone is wrong.

The thread title is "How Do You Define the Midwest?" so anybody who provides their own definition has answered the question correctly.

Nah.  All are wrong.

Here is one that is demonstrably correct:

#define MIDWEST 1