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None of the territories are actually in the east. The other territory in question is presumably the Northwest Territories, since Nunavut is the anachronism.
by naniwaduni 8y ago
None of the territories are actually in the east. The other territory in question is presumably the Northwest Territories, since Nunavut is the anachronism.
- Stratoscope 8y agoFor an Oregon boy like me, the "mysterious east" is everything from Idaho on. Just like how East Coast Americans charmingly call the east-central part of the continent the "Midwest".
- sandworm101 8y agoThe east starts at whatever point the mountains end. If you cannot see a treeless peak on the horizon, you are in 'the east'. Sorry texas.
- throwawaymath 8y agoI don't think I'm ever going to get used to the fact that people who live in Indiana call it the Midwest. If anything it should be called the Mideast...
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- myself248 8y agoIf you think in terms of settlements on the east coast, considering expanding westward and buying land in the Louisiana Purchase to do so, the term "midwest" makes more sense.
- at-fates-hands 8y ago> Just like how East Coast Americans charmingly call the east-central part of the continent the "Midwest". Most New Yorkers couldn't show you where North Dakota is on a map, let alone most of the Midwest states like Michigan or Kansas. Most of the East Coast people I know refer to the Midwest as "fly over country".