I have to wonder how much of this is the result of population migrating from the Midwest to the Sun Belt. It used to be that the Midwest exemplified "typical A

I have to wonder how much of this is the result of population migrating from the Midwest to the Sun Belt. It used to be that the Midwest exemplified "typical America". Now, that role belongs more to the Southwest, Texas, the New South, etc. Dallas and Phoenix probably represent the average, everyday American more than Chicago and Detroit do nowadays.