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The Midwest and northwest are also northern US by every definition I’ve seen.
by kgermino 3y ago
The Midwest and northwest are also northern US by every definition I’ve seen.
- rayiner 3y agoThe northern US is the original thirteen colonies north of the mason Dixon line. It’s not a bare geographic term. Just as the “Midwest” is actually in the east.
- loeg 3y agoFor clarity, it might be better to just refer to that region as the northeast US.
- rayiner 3y agohttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_USA_with_state_names.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_USA_with_stat.... Geographic labels in the US are a product of history. North is the northeast. South is the south east. Midwest means the mideast (many parts of which are further east than parts of the south). The actual midwest is called the mountain region the west is actually the west. If you referred to Phoenix as a “southern US city” or Portland as a “northern US city” most people in the country would look at you weird.