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sure, that might be the picture that pops into our heads, but the reason we think about the southwest as a thing at all is not because we all love the desert.
by clairity 6y ago
sure, that might be the picture that pops into our heads, but the reason we think about the southwest as a thing at all is not because we all love the desert.
- catalogia 6y agoI'd say we think of the "Midwest" because it's flat and the "South West" because it's sandy and hot. These clearly are geographic regions, like Pacific Northwest, (which has evergreen forests and mountains). If your point is these regions would have different cardinal names if borders looked different, that might be true, but that's not exactly profound and it's certainly not a matter of a "politico-cultural fascination with that border in particular."