I live on the coast, but the notion that no one lives in the Midwest is absurd and derisive. About two thirds of the US population live in coastal states, but

I live on the coast, but the notion that no one lives in the Midwest is absurd and derisive. About two thirds of the US population live in coastal states, but that includes gulf coast states which are pretty central on the east west axis. That still leaves a third of the population, with the Chicago metro area being one of the largest and densest catch basins.