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Nitpick: Ohio is a midwestern state, not a southern one.

• bediger4000 4y ago
  I think OP is right: it used to be midwestern, but over the last 30-40 years, became southern.
  • pivo 4y ago
    Michigan also has dirt roads (as does every US state) and worse water problems than Ohio (Flint, MI) Does that make Michigan a southern state too? I don’t think it makes sense or is useful to use geographic terms to describe political or economic conditions, but I’d like to hear why you think it does make sense.
  • Arnt 4y ago
    What does southern mean, in this context? It's not just places having poor water quality and those other traits mentioned upthread, I take it. Are Kentucky and Virginia considered southern (now or traditionally)?
    • bediger4000 4y ago
      Traditionally, those two states are definitely southern. I suppose now they are still southern.