S&M governor seems like an incredibly midwestern thing to me - is it just that it went public and he resigned instead of just having a sex dungeon until he died?
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 31 August 2019 04:47 (four years ago) link
Like it's on brand for Texas to have a governor talk about secession but if one resigned because of that, shit would be weird.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 31 August 2019 04:48 (four years ago) link
Dallas feels like the midwest
― ilxors are still exuberant (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 31 August 2019 06:18 (four years ago) link
I lived in east central kansass for a number of years and I don’t think it is midwest. It definitely sucks though!
― L'assie (Euler), Saturday, 31 August 2019 08:06 (four years ago) link
Maybe it is a Midwestern thing to resign over that. It'd be a southern governor who' d go, yeah I tied her up, took her picture and wore blackface throughout the whole thing. What you gonna do about it?
― pplains, Saturday, 31 August 2019 11:15 (four years ago) link
Every month, we publish this regular report from Creighton University, and every month, my editor and I just look at each other and go, Welp...
https://i.imgur.com/J4aeRxi.png
― pplains, Saturday, 31 August 2019 13:03 (four years ago) link
You can't ever have owned slaves or started a catfish farm in the Midwest. They just had a machine-gun shooting governor resign over a weird S&M episode – that ain't the Midwest I know!
― pplains
excuse me are you familiar with the political career of ex-cincinnati mayor jerry springer
also, sorry about your slower economic growth
― Abigail, Wife of Preserved Fish (rushomancy), Saturday, 31 August 2019 14:32 (four years ago) link
― pplains, Saturday, August 31, 2019 9:03 AM (three hours ago)
I guess ND, SD, NE, KS, and OK are the pplains states.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Saturday, 31 August 2019 16:07 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Ekxncoy.png
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 17:01 (three years ago) link
Cool map, but I think using the label "Cultural Areas" shows a misunderstanding of what is required to make a distinct culture.
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 17:08 (three years ago) link
not quite sure how to break it up, but i don't think you can put new england all in one
also aimless otm
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link
"Resides within Cultural Area #27" is pretty much all that a Las Vegas casino owner, a west Texas oil rig mechanic, a Scottsdale tax attorney, a Navajo sheep rancher, a Santa Fe pottery thrower, and a Yuma lettuce farmer have in common culturally except for the fact that they all smoke hella weed.
― the burrito that defined a generation, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 17:35 (three years ago) link
Deep South too big. You need some sort of Delta region in there too.
I get that this is a "Cultural" map, but c'mon. Sallisaw, Oklahoma, ain't the Deep South.
― pplains, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 20:58 (three years ago) link
listen everybody, i did the best i could on this map
i'm open to feedback but let's keep it constructive
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 21:00 (three years ago) link
after 2 years, the washington post study we commissioned is finally done! here are the results:
https://i.imgur.com/tht9XVl.png
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/07/29/airbnb-the-most-midwestern-things/
additionally, the team at the post was able to come up with the definitive list, so there should be no need for any more disagreement on this subject until new states are added or subtracted to the united states
Note: The 12 Midwestern states are Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio and South Dakota
Finally, all of these states have been ranked by midwesterness. sorry South Dakota, you have been relegated, and Ohio you are *this* close to getting the boot:
https://i.imgur.com/6h0NjG3.png
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 15:22 (one year ago) link
that's right
― mh, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 16:11 (one year ago) link
I question the methodology of that last list. Notice that it’s the states with bigger cities that place nearer the bottom of the list. Maybe if you’re listing an Airbnb in a place like Detroit or Chicago or Cleveland you don’t have to add the descriptor “Midwest” bc everyone knows what those places are like. Also the Midwesternness of those areas is not in question, whereas a more borderline case like some town in Iowa, which is not obviously Midwestern, would call for “Midwest” in the listing to sort of suggest to renters what they’re getting into.
― Josefa, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 17:43 (one year ago) link
You'll never convince me that Iowa's Midwestern status is a "borderline case."
https://i.imgur.com/FKkonnE.png
― pplains, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 20:22 (one year ago) link
xp I would make the same case, Josefa. Nobody in even southern Minnesota is going to post about Midwestern ambience, it'll be about lakes, fishing, or proximity to Minneapolis. And the vast majority in Illinois are in Chicago and they'd mention local amenities
also Iowa is insanely midwestern, what are you talking about
I've previously mentioned my corn index for Midwesterness (you can argue historical standards and the midwesterness of the rust belt as alternatives) but imo the more corn planted, the more midwestern. So you get Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, eastern Nebraska, etc etc
not-xp: corn sweat is real, 38% humidity today and 100 degrees outside
― mh, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 02:56 (one year ago) link
Pretty sure these points are made in the article itself iirc
― jaymc, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 04:18 (one year ago) link
38% humidity today
OH POOR YOU.
― pplains, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 13:17 (one year ago) link
In my state, the humidity is so high that the air smells like corn sweat ... and we don't have any corn.
― pplains, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 13:18 (one year ago) link
More like soybean sweat.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 13:49 (one year ago) link
the humidity wasn't terrible, the 100 degrees on top of it was a bit more irritating
― mh, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 13:52 (one year ago) link