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"Midwest" can mean anything from Pennsylvania to Kansas. It can mean the Old Northwest (the original "the West") [0], or it can mean "just west of the Mississip
by panglott 10y ago
"Midwest" can mean anything from Pennsylvania to Kansas. It can mean the Old Northwest (the original "the West") [0], or it can mean "just west of the Mississippi River". As Humpty-Dumpty says, it's just a question of who is to be master.
Pennsylvania is a Mid-Atlantic state, but Pittsburgh is where the Ohio River starts.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Territory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Territory
- davidw 10y ago> the Old Northwest As an Oregonian, I always scratched my head when seeing that "Northwestern University" was in Illinois until I realized that at one point, that was the "north west".