Wisconsin != Midwest

[phaxmohdem]

So I got in a heated argument once about this. Wisconsin is NOT FREAKING a midwest state! If anything its northern. More acurately its Northeastern, or middle northern. Are Wisconsinites crazier than their accents and Packer lovin' cheese heads let on?

Discuss

 

[So]

It's midwest. Deal.

 

[slpaulson]

Well, I've always considered it to be in the Midwest...

 

[KLin]

It's a midwest state in my opinion.

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: So
It's midwest. Deal.

 

[her209]

According to the USGS, it is.

http://geology.er.usgs.gov/states/midwest.html

 

[Xyo II]

it's midwest. I live in WI, and it's always said to be the midwest. end topic.

 

[ManSnake]

Learn your geography! Anything left of Washington DC is considered west. DC is our captial for a reason.

 

[phaxmohdem]

USGS can suck it. Any fool with half a brain and a map of the US can clearly see its not in the mid western regions.

Say what you will, I will never claim WI as midwestern. Hell I live in Missouri and find our staus as midwestern questionable. Mid maybe but not western.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: phaxmohdem
USGS can suck it. Any fool with half a brain and a map of the US can clearly see its not in the mid western regions.

Say what you will, I will never claim WI as midwestern. Hell I live in Missouri and find our staus as midwestern questionable. Mid maybe but not western.

No, you're southern. Wisconsin is midwestern.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: phaxmohdem
USGS can suck it. Any fool with half a brain and a map of the US can clearly see its not in the mid western regions.

Say what you will, I will never claim WI as midwestern. Hell I live in Missouri and find our staus as midwestern questionable. Mid maybe but not western.

Fine we'll just call you the middle east. OMG A TERRORIST!!!

 

[phaxmohdem]

Thats just fvcked up! ARe they looking at the entire North American Continent?

 

[ts3433]

WI is Midwest to me. I would consider "Middle Northern" as most of the Midwest.

I suppose if you wanted to be really anal you could make a case for it being in a northeast quadrant (if you draw lines through the exact middle of the lower 48 going W-E and N-S), but culturally it's definitely not part of the Northeast.

 

[b0mbrman]

Yeah, it's midwest.

Northeast is New England, New York...maybe Pennsylvania and Jersey and the middle north doesn't exist

[Edit] Even dictionary.com says so <=

 

[phaxmohdem]

Originally posted by: ts3433
WI is Midwest to me. I would consider "Middle Northern" as most of the Midwest.

I suppose if you wanted to be really anal you could make a case for it being in a northeast quadrant (if you draw lines through the exact middle of the lower 48 going W-E and N-S), but culturally it's definitely not part of the Northeast.

CAll me anal then:

http://www.auctionspice.com/misc/winw.jpg

You tell me where that damn state lies!

 

[So]

Originally posted by: phaxmohdem

Originally posted by: ts3433
WI is Midwest to me. I would consider "Middle Northern" as most of the Midwest.

I suppose if you wanted to be really anal you could make a case for it being in a northeast quadrant (if you draw lines through the exact middle of the lower 48 going W-E and N-S), but culturally it's definitely not part of the Northeast.

CAll me anal then:

http://www.auctionspice.com/misc/winw.jpg

You tell me where that damn state lies!

That's cute and all, but the boundary is only tertiarily related to geography, there are also cultural and historical reasons.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

Northeast!!!!??!? no...

The farthest south "Northeast" goes is MD (it is the "LINE STATE") and farthest west might be eastern PA (I guess you can consider all of PA)

 

[EatSpam]

Originally posted by: phaxmohdem
So I got in a heated argument once about this. Wisconsin is NOT FREAKING a midwest state! If anything its northern. More acurately its Northeastern, or middle northern. Are Wisconsinites crazier than their accents and Packer lovin' cheese heads let on?

Discuss

If WI is Northeastern, then so is Illinois. But that's not true at all.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: phaxmohdem

Originally posted by: ts3433
WI is Midwest to me. I would consider "Middle Northern" as most of the Midwest.

I suppose if you wanted to be really anal you could make a case for it being in a northeast quadrant (if you draw lines through the exact middle of the lower 48 going W-E and N-S), but culturally it's definitely not part of the Northeast.

CAll me anal then:

http://www.auctionspice.com/misc/winw.jpg

You tell me where that damn state lies!

That's cute and all, but the boundary is only tertiarily related to geography, there are also cultural and historical reasons.

All of PA definitely, I'd call ohio the border state, though the border is probably right near PA

 

[Tylanner]

we aint no UPERS

 

[dawnbug]

Whoa whoa whoa, crazy accents I think not. It only gets crazy when you go up near the UP. Most of Wisconsin does not speak like Bobby's mom from Bobby's world.

And yes, we're part of the midwest.

Edit: And football blows, too.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Midwest.

 

[LordMorpheus]

midwest has nothing to do with north/south. The reason states like Texas aren't "midwest" is because they take their southern-ness so seriously.there is no "north" as far as describing areas of the country goes - there's east, south, midwest, and west.

 

its the deep south of the midwest...

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: phaxmohdem
USGS can suck it. Any fool with half a brain and a map of the US can clearly see its not in the mid western regions.

Forgive me if I choose to believe the USGS says over you.