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Originally Posted by Avian001
I tend to think along geographic lines, not political ones, and sometimes there are really no solid edges.
You could make a case that the Midwest is loosely defined by the Missouri and Ohio Rivers, along with a stretch of the Mississippi between the two. You can probably go several dozen miles across the hard boundaries of the rivers as well. Some states are split, with Bismarck's location being the rough split of North Dakota :
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This is by far the best way to define the midwest, I grew up in Ohio and there is definitely a difference between the states. Ohio is kind of a weird state in terms of the north feels very East Coast, the middle is midwestern and the southern part feels more like kentucky or WV. You can always tell where someone in Ohio grew up by their accent.
