Wall Street Journalのインスタグラム(wsj) - 1月26日 06時00分
Everyone knows places such as Ohio and Minnesota are solidly in the Midwest. But a recent poll finds that the Midwest is more a state of mind than just a place you can point to on a map.
People from Colorado (42%), Oklahoma (66%) and even Wyoming (54%) think they live in the Midwest, according to data from Emerson College Polling and the Middle West Review, a journal published by the University of Nebraska Press. Nearly a third of Kentuckians and a little over a quarter of Arkansans say the same.
The term “Midwest” generally applies to 12 states the U.S. Census Bureau includes in the North Central region: North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio.
Derided by some as flyover country—with little more than cornfields and cow pastures—the Midwest is a diverse region with major cities, mighty rivers and thousands of miles of coastline around the Great Lakes.
In contrast to chill Californians and high-strung New Yorkers, Midwesterners tend to be seen as friendlier and more traditional.
Tania Carmona moved to Idaho from Los Angeles in 2021. Asked what region she lives in, Carmona, 51, who owns a custom-flooring business, says, “I would say Midwest.” Idaho strikes her as more amiable, with more respect by young people for elders—qualities she associates with the Midwest.
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