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"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-report
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this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2023
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Well, Pittsburgh is culturally midwest even if they aren't geographically so.
Pittsburgh is geographically midwest as well. The Appalachians were the historical eastern border of the Midwest.
Ey. Fuck you for saying so. And, fuck Pittsburgh. 🤌🏼
I view Pittsburgh as honorary Midwestern territory. It's a fantastic city, too.
Philly, on the other hand, is culturally... Philly.
We're way too confrontational to be culturally midwest.
Haven't been to much of the Midwest, then, I guess
I figured it was mostly passive aggressiveness rather than aggressiveness. Michigan has it too but I chalked that up to rust-belt overlap.
Could be; I'm in Chicago, so what I see is just active aggressiveness, haha.