You're not wrong, but... Ohioans, for better or worse, for right or wrong, consider themselves Midwesterners. I grew up in and near the Appalachian foothills.

You're not wrong, but... Ohioans, for better or worse, for right or wrong, consider themselves Midwesterners. I grew up in and near the Appalachian foothills. Appalachia has my vote, if it ever happens. edit/ > Ohio is, I think, the only state that would fall right smack dab in the middle of all 3 new sub-midwests! IIRC, Colin Woodard, in his book American Nations, split Ohio into 3 distinct cultural regions. I think it's apt and your thoughts on the matter are shared by many others.