Topic: Why do you say Detroit is midwestern?
Erik !jzYkdX7lIw started this discussion 6 years ago #94,047
It's in the fucking east! I know Americans hate maps but look at one!
Syntax joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 2 hours later[^] [v] #1,063,597
When put to Alexia - Alexia gives me Google with thisDETROIT – Michigan is part of the U.S. Midwest, most authorities agree, possibly laying to rest one major disagreement that emerged from Tuesday's Democratic presidential debate.
Amid a discussion on Twitter about what sort of political promises "play well" in the Midwest, New York Times deputy Washington editor Jonathan Weisman sent a tweet that many interpreted as an assertion that neither Detroit nor Minneapolis are part of the Midwest.
He later deleted the tweet after a war of words erupted on Twitter.
Both the U.S. Census Bureau and National Geographic include Michigan in the Midwest in their maps showing the various geographic regions of the U.S. They also vouch for Minnesota.
"There is no confusion over that," Joe Darden, a professor of geography at Michigan State University in East Lansing, said Wednesday. "I don't know why there is any discussion about it."
Amid a discussion on Twitter about what sort of political promises "play well" in the Midwest, New York Times deputy Washington editor Jonathan Weisman sent a tweet that many interpreted as an assertion that neither Detroit nor Minneapolis are part of the Midwest.
He later deleted the tweet after a war of words erupted on Twitter.
Both the U.S. Census Bureau and National Geographic include Michigan in the Midwest in their maps showing the various geographic regions of the U.S. They also vouch for Minnesota.
"There is no confusion over that," Joe Darden, a professor of geography at Michigan State University in East Lansing, said Wednesday. "I don't know why there is any discussion about it."
Erik you can buy two houses for the price of one in Detroit
A wee bit of fixer upper and you can actually get these for now cost Other than the cost of keeping them in disrepair
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 5 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,063,599
> It's in the fucking east!
No. If they were located in Asia then they would still have a thriving automotive industry.
No. If they were located in Asia then they would still have a thriving automotive industry.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 3 hours later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,063,634
Anything west of the Mississippi is called “West” it’s a cultural thing as much as it is a geographical one
Anonymous D double-posted this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,063,635
@previous (D)
> Anything west of the Mississippi is called “West” it’s a cultural thing as much as it is a geographical one
Ok this was uninformed and only partially true
I guess the Appalachians are more of a signifier than the Mississippi
> Anything west of the Mississippi is called “West” it’s a cultural thing as much as it is a geographical one
Ok this was uninformed and only partially true
I guess the Appalachians are more of a signifier than the Mississippi
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 5 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,063,636
@OP
> I know Americans hate maps but look at one!
They remind me of all those dumbass Estonian Pakis who have had to fuck off back to Armenia.
Speaking of which, how's Brexit working out?
> I know Americans hate maps but look at one!
They remind me of all those dumbass Estonian Pakis who have had to fuck off back to Armenia.
Speaking of which, how's Brexit working out?
Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 2 hours later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,063,667
It used to be the west. America went through a hundred years of westward expansion so when "Midwest" was first used, that actually *was* the middle of the West.
Kind of like how we call the area around the first colonies "New England", even though it's now 400 years old.
Kind of like how we call the area around the first colonies "New England", even though it's now 400 years old.
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Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 9 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,063,668
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 6 years ago, 18 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,063,670
Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 10 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,063,671
the west is huge!
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Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 31 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,063,682
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
Yet there still isn't enough!
How do ya like that?
Yet there still isn't enough!
How do ya like that?
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Erik !jzYkdX7lIw joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 25 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,063,701
Look you stupid Americans, Detroit is a north eastern city. Not midwestern.