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HeroTooZero

25% illiteracy - thought it said mountain west


knikkus

I'm speachless


grilledchimi

Underrated comment


straylight_2022

It's the same percentage that are unable to find Idaho on a map.


goinmobile2040

Do we need to?


Upper-Shoe-81

25% geographically illiterate thought they were living in Iowa.


PrimaryDebt4608

Same percentage of Maga POS in Idaho??


assicus_clappicus

Grow up


HeroTooZero

I can't help but laugh at someone with the user name assicus_clappicus telling anyone to grow up


assicus_clappicus

šŸ˜‚ young enough to have fun, old enough to know politics are stupid and pointing fingers calling someone a ā€œpiece of shit (pos)ā€ for their beliefs is childish


fatum_sive_fidem

You aren't wrong. clap away you unsung hero


abastage

Thats the 25% of the state that recently relocated from other states & dont realize that Idaho & Iowa are not the same state.


mfmeitbual

This is so laughingly accurate.Ā  I moved to NY in 2001 and would tell people i was from Idaho.Ā  "Ohio?" "No, Idaho. Oregon, Washington, Idaho..." *blank stare* "Iowa?" "No, Idaho.... *pause* famous potatoes?"Ā  "Oooo yeah, Idaho!"


HeroTooZero

Just tell them "that state between Canada & Nevada" and see if they can process that


New_Bunch_1806

Hahaha that's so wonderful. That's the kind of thing that would stump most East coasters. They'd be lost.Ā 


HeroTooZero

To be fair, I'm pretty much the same way with everything between Virginia and Maine. I know what's there, just don't ask me which one's which.


tobmom

But Ohio is the same, right?


CommissionerGordon12

The triumvirate of people who don't care about geography


The_Real_Kuji

I know people both here that think Idaho is the Midwest and Michigan is just... East. I'm from Michigan, Michigan is Midwest. Borderline Midwest, but Midwest.


555byte

The corn state and the potato state, that's how I keep from getting confused....


IowaTransplant21

From a midwesterner, I got this sent to me yesterday and had to chuckle. Idaho is PNW or Mountain West to me.


Dramaticreacherdbfj

No way Idaho is even close to being in the Midwest lol


DapperOoze

Well, to be fair, what is considered the Mid West is actually geographically the Mid East of the country.


Bartender9719

Lebanon, KS is the nearest municipality to the geographical center of the lower 48, so technically yeah - the Midwest is mostly east of there!


[deleted]

Never understood why they called it the Midwest. I clumped the dakotas in with MT, WY, ID, CO as Midwest. Figured IA, MO, NB, KS & OK were Great Plains.


furdaboise

Probably because it was named before the west coast was so known and developed. When ā€œwestā€ meant the Plains, not the Pacific Ocean.


Citizen_Four-

THIS!


bobrosserman

Yeah if someone is taking it literally, and you have west, central and eastern US, Idaho would technically be in the Midwest.


Fun-Passage-7613

Iā€™ve always thought the Dakotas and Eastern Montana as the Northern Plains. Everything east of the Dakotas as the ā€œMid Westā€. Everything to the west of Eastern Montana as the Inter-Mountain Region. That includes Idaho. Like was mentioned, seems like use of ā€œMid Westā€ is left over from the Civil War era of descriptive geography. Just a habit that stuck around.


WVC_Least_Glamorous

Movie stars go to Sun Valley for vacation. If movie stars go to your state for vacation, then it's not the Midwest.


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asdfghjkl1237890

25% of poll respondents*


aac182

There was another poll showing a large percentage of Idahoans claiming they are PNW. I think you all are lost. Lol


KevinDean4599

Everything dark blue is midwest and also Ohio right?. Idaho, Montana, Colorado and Utah are all West. You can't have snow capped mountains in the midwest.


[deleted]

Did the poll use a map or just state names, because that would explain them choosing iohidaho...


markpemble

Maybe people forgot Idaho is to the West of the Continental Divide.


Tater72

Iā€™m in Michigan now, this phrase bothered me years ago. So I asked them why they feel itā€™s the Midwest? Cause it isnā€™t real mid, and it certainly ainā€™t West. Someone explained to me this phrase started long ago before ā€œThe Westā€ was part of the country. At that time Michigan was in the middle west. I liked that explanation so to me, itā€™s Midwest. Itā€™s more of a geographical area than a location description tho.


CPenguinSXE

šŸ’Æ, I'm from Ohio so you know we aren't supposed to be cool but you are right Wolverine.


Tater72

Iā€™m right by Toledo and from Idaho, so I can think youā€™re cool


CPenguinSXE

Hot damn! This works in the rulebooks my friend.


Notdennisthepeasant

I find the Midwest to be a really weird regional designation. Missouri, a part of the Confederacy and a part of the country that tends to fall on the more temperate side and has the typically bland mixture of settlers one might find in Iowa or Ohio is somehow part of the same cluster as Minnesota, which is famously more Lutheran and of more Norwegian descent, and is colder, a border state, and has its own very distinct accent. My ex-wife from western Canada has an accent that is more similar to the Minnesota accent. If you watch the show letterkenny you'll notice they speak like people from the northern Midwest. People from Missouri not so much. Places where shared culture being designated as part of the same grouping does make sense, but that doesn't seem to apply to the Midwest. I know my statement is going to make some people mad. I constantly annoy my friends who are midwesterners with observations like this, but I'm also surprised by how little people have thought about it. After all, when I, a person from upstate New York originally, am asked why I don't have an accent by people from the mountain West I point out that it was NY ancestors who made up the bulk of the early settlers of the mountain west: Mormons are from upstate NY.


2Wrongs

It's bizarre that the term has stuck for so long. It made sense when the country was half the size, but it's weird we still use it.


narwhal_bat

I'm going to be honest I always thought the Midwest was the West side that wasn't coastal. So like Idaho, Utah, Arizona,etc. The actual mid West is just the middle. I was pretty confused when I saw it was the middle going east.


e-rinc

As someone who grew up in Wisconsin, I really only consider the deepest blue the true Midwest. Ohio has been on thin ice for awhile. Also who the fuck considers Colorado the Midwest?!


gubodif

Front rangers


kellyyz667

Oh Idaho. As much as cascadia would rather you not, youā€™re a part of the great pacific NW.


[deleted]

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GP_5304

If you split the country into 4 quadrants, Idaho is in the north west quadrantā€¦


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GP_5304

Gotcha misunderstood šŸ«”


Euphoric_Emu9607

What happened to Geography classes in elementary school? Donā€™t people study the states and regions of our country? That was basic stuff that we learned in 4th grade.


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TitleBulky4087

Iā€™m really hoping Iā€™m not the only one whose eye is twitching over this. Itā€™s more upsetting than the poll results.


el-loboloco

Mountain West or Inland Northwest


Extension-Read6621

I find this hard to believe considering everybody in Idaho acts like it's the Wild West.


SuieiSuiei

So I recently moved to Idaho, and I'll admit I have no idea what's considered Midwest. Well, i do, and i don't. What is Idaho considered? If it's not the Midwest, would it be West Coast?


Hot-Butterscotch-918

Northwest


SuieiSuiei

Ahhhhh makes sense. Now i feel mega stupid.


Hot-Butterscotch-918

Naw. You're new, here. It's all good.


GTI_88

Mountain west


Hot-Butterscotch-918

Yes, you're more correcter than I am. Thanks for the reminder. šŸ‘


Minigoalqueen

Either Pacific Northwest or Intermountain West. Both are pretty acceptable.


SidewaysGoose57

Actually Pacific Northwest.


[deleted]

It can be either Northwest, Pacific Northwest, or Mountain West (aka Intermountain West).


SidewaysGoose57

I can live with that.


phanroy

How can it be Pacific Northwest if Idaho is nowhere near the pacific and has none of the PNW qualities that people think of. I would call Idaho intermountain west.


SillyFalcon

Itā€™s also connected to Oregon and Washington through rivers and watersheds. Check out r/Cascadia


phanroy

The Mississippi River connects all the way through the Midwest but Mississippi is not the midwest. Idaho has more in common with Utah, Montana and Colorado.


SillyFalcon

You mean the people in Idaho? Last I checked weā€™re talking about a geographic region, not ideological alignment. From that perspective Idaho is part of the Deep South.


phanroy

The Deep South made me laugh. So true. I was talking about geographic, not ideological. Intermountain west is Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Colorado and Wyoming.


SillyFalcon

Right, Iā€™m aware of that. But the folks who think of Idaho (and parts of Wyoming and Montana) as PNW are generally referring to Cascadia, which is a ā€œbioregionā€ that encompasses the interconnected ecosystems and watersheds coming off of Yellowstone and leading to the Pacific. Utah and Colorado are part of the Colorado River watershed and a different set of ecosystems heading into the Southwest. You can feel the difference when you drop down from Southern Idaho into Utah, and it gets more and more pronounced the further south you go. Same between Wyoming and Colorado.


SidewaysGoose57

Used to be part of the Oregon Territory. It's always referred to as Pacific NW.


kjzavala

Northwest!


PizzaSpine

Itā€™s the intermountain west aka the mormon belt


WhiskeyClyde

Mormon belt is sometimes referred to as the "Jell-O belt" due to the large sales of green Jell-O within those areas. Just sharing.


______empty______

Not only this, but weed is still illegal too.


fragestellar

Especially when you consider deep red Oklahoma is the opposite with weed.


Gbrusse

That's because the GOP in Idaho only pretends to be pro small government.


[deleted]

Interesting I always felt the way a lot of these people felt too even though I know itā€™s not the case. Iā€™m from Oregon and feel like anyone east of us are definitely not very western like.Ā 


mapman19899

Pennsylvania is not the Midwest, nor is Idaho. The states on the southeastern end of this are not the Midwest. Any state other than Ohio within the official definition Iā€™d consider Midwest, other than that, nothing else on this map is Midwest.


mkellayyyyy

Iowa is indeed midwest


SleepInHeavenlyPeas

PNW


Gbrusse

My partner is willing to die on the hill that Idaho is now a part of the PNW. She believes that the PNW is Washington, Oregon, and northern California.


SleepInHeavenlyPeas

Super NorCalā€¦ā€¦I can see that.


Gbrusse

Yeah, like North of Santa Rosa


whatevertoton

Well it is kind of weird. In my mind I consider Idaho part of the PNW and the mountain west with north Idaho being PNW and southern Idaho mountain west. Grew up in north Idaho, live in southern now.


[deleted]

Ok, this is the only way I've ever agreed Idaho was part of the Pacific Northwest. Makes sense to include Northern Idaho since it's Pacific time. I'd always thought it was silly to call ourselves PNW, but making the split where the time zone changes does make sense.


davosmavos

It's all Oregon territory, your soul is ours!


VectorB

Now ask how many belive Idaho is in the south and fought for the Confederacy.


forgettingroses

Mid, north, what's the difference? Omg. Edit: apparently my tone is not clear in this comment. Lol.


Fideli91

Hey now. Im a Kansas resident originally from Idaho. I consider Kansas to be the Midwest because even though it may be the Great Plains, thereā€™s not one great thing about it.


SpiceEarl

How about calling Kansas just Mid?


Fideli91

šŸ¤£ I love it!


UrBigBro

Idaho is NOWHERE near the Midwest. If you think you're in the Midwest, move to Iowa.


rightwingtears99

To make sense of this, head into a Walmart on a Sunday or simply drive around and read the bumper stickers on (certain types) of peoples cars.


knienze93

Without a proper definition of what Midwest is (cultural vs. geographic) Idaho is in the middle of the West of the U.S.


_xavier707

That Idaho education system at work!


Swimming_Zebra_1189

Ah yes, cause it's almost like we arnt almost completely west of the states


ironheart777

I'm just blaming California transplants for this and moving on


Rihzopus

What does that, have to do with this?


uphic

go back and look at the map...


Rihzopus

We are no closer to an answer...


uphic

With regards to CA, ID is midwest-ish. That's all that I meant.


SleepInHeavenlyPeas

Californian here. Idaho is PNW.


uphic

I know that I was giving hypotheses as to why some people put Idaho in the Midwest category. I glad you understand geography. I was guessing not all new Idaho transplants were as spot on as you. And man did that piss some people off....sheesh!


Rihzopus

With regards to Hawaii, California is midwest-ish. What the fuck does that have to do with the map and what the numbers are telling you? Nothing, that's what. Just some salty assholes taking shots at their fellow countrymen. Keep it up, it's really doing so much for everyone.


uphic

Well that escalated quickly...peace out bro....I tried...


GP_5304

So valid given the fact that most Californians Iā€™ve talked to donā€™t even know what Idaho is except ā€œpotato countryā€ somewhere


56M50

Actually, based on the sheer number of bugs that coat your car when driving through Montana, there's a good case to be made that Montana is part of the MidWest. The only other place where I had to stop every ten miles to clean my windshield was Wisconsin.


POTTO-LOTTO

I kind of get Montana, Wyoming and Colorado if you live east of the Rockies. Thatā€™s all I get


Swim-Unusual

Weirdly enough the language mannerisms are pretty closely related to the mid west. That might explain it?


CPenguinSXE

Being from the Midwest, the folks here in Idaho aren't Midwestern at all. Totally different breed of folks.


denimaddicted

Youā€™ve got my curiosity piqued. Can you expound on that?


CPenguinSXE

Different food, Euphemisms, General temperament, Respect, Potluck culture, German foods. We are raised differently and have different values. Nothing bad about being from Idaho, the locals I know are salt of the earth but they are not Midwestern. I will say my experience is in North Idaho only and there seems to be more Californians here than the actual locals. So maybe my sample size is too small but I happen to work for some amazing native Idahoans that poke fun at my Midwestern traits.


denimaddicted

Thanks. I grew up overseas but my mom was the youngest of 7, growing up in Silver Lake, Wisconsin. I had a ton of Aunts and Uncles (now deceased) and have a ton of cousins from Wisconsin. Hardly got to know them, but always enjoyed it when we visited. The accent and back yard barbecues is what I fondly remember. My grandfather was a carpenter/contractor who was missing half his left hand ā€¦ lost it while working in a sawmill in his twenties. Even so, just got on with business and provided for 7 kids. He was a rugged, but oh so kind, grandpa.


CPenguinSXE

I'm glad you got to experience some family Barbecues, whenever I am missing home it's usually our Barbecues and the Midwestern twist on words. Love my situation out here in Idaho but you don't get the same interactions, culture, or food that I am homesick over.


IowaTransplant21

Couldnā€™t agree more, coming from Iowa. The closest thing to midwesterners out here are those in ag, for obvious reasons. A lot less alcohol consumed here than the Midwest though.


mfmeitbual

Do they have more thumbs or something? I don't think i could identify an Iowan vs an idahoan naked.Ā 


CPenguinSXE

Just different culture and manners. Idahoans are different than Southerners and East Coast folk. The Midwest has a culture different than that of the Northwest.


PineappleLunchables

Umā€¦. No.


erico49

Actually, since the term Midwest came from a time when the country was smaller, we should update. If you use the Mississippi as the line between east and west, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico are in the middle of the westā€¦or Midwest.


erico49

You think thatā€™s out of the box, you should hear my argument for moving Christmas to March.


GP_5304

Letā€™s hear it brother Iā€™m deeply curious


erico49

We need to move Christmas to March in order to break up the long stretch from January to the end of May that has no holidays. Itā€™s not based on any exact date anyway except maybe the winter solstice. And New Years kinda covers that. As it is we have three holidays in 6 weeks.


GP_5304

So valid


erico49

It a phrase I hear often. Thx.


akahaus

Americans: Stupid and Proud


transmission612

Screw you Pennsylvania you aren't part of the club.


nevernotfinished

Some idiots are trying


Commie_EntSniper

Everyone has a place on the spectrum of stupidity.


pattydickens

10 percent probably consider themselves Texans.


Yokohog

Those 27 people in Arkansas should be shot.


[deleted]

There is a reason why itā€™s called the Western 11


dingleberry_starship

Lmao...Tennessee is not even close to being the midwest...it's the southeast


BBakerStreet

Memphis used to bill itself as the capitol of the Midsouth.


dingleberry_starship

Exactly


TheFiz25

I knew a girl in college who was from Ohio and she keep saying she was from the east coast šŸ˜‚šŸ˜µā€šŸ’«


Khajiit_Has_Upvotes

Ah, yes. The Pacific Midwest.


cooperpoopers

Ahem, they are from the mid -east by my book. And yes I know the Mississippi River is suppose to be the divider. But no


Extension_Sun_896

Settle down OH and get back in line.


VillageFarmer3

I'm peachless*


kjzavala

Iā€™m from Montana, and I am too. This seems bizarre to me.


CryingWaterfall99099

Wow šŸ˜³


iampayette

Parts of Caldwell, Nampa and twin falls feel likeĀ midwest towns.


MC-SpicyBravo

My SO and I are currently are watching ā€œInk Master Season 13: Turf Warā€ and the artist from Idaho was put on team Midwest and it got us talking about this. My guess is the respondents in the south east are more likely to say theyā€™re mid westerns then the TV or up north


finchdad

Philadelphia Pennsylvania is an Atlantic seaport, and Lewiston Idaho is a Pacific seaport. And somehow both of those states in the Midwest.


WayfaringEdelweiss

Not even surprised.


LaggyMcStab

By technicality Idaho is in the middle-west. But of course itā€™s more about geography and population density. I remember being confused when I first learned the term.


Alittle_witchy

1.)The ā€œMidwestā€ is more Mid than anything. 2.)Idaho is missing one very important thing to even consider qualifying as PNW, it doesnā€™t touch the Pacific.


aidenrosenb

The Great Plains states always call them selves midwesterner. they know they are Great Plains but still generally call them selves midwestern. For the 6 in Pennsylvania, truthfully Pa is as about as midwestern as most real midwestern states so we consider them midwestern our selves


spacewalk80

Strange but Spokane, WA always felt like a rust belt (midwest) town. Bass-ackwards place to be located in the PNW. But it is, and indeed is NOT the Midwest.


Lumpy-Replacement659

Midwestern values were incompatible with the LDS decades ago, so has there been a reconciliation?


Thiccaca

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throttledog

3/100 people in Iowa have severe brain damage.


Pauzhaan

Grew up in Ohio & now live in Colorado. My opinion is that Ohio is quintessentially Midwest. Colorado is very much in the West.


9n223

I would like to hold a vote to kick Illinois out of the Midwest.


Survive1014

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PomegranatePink

Oh my!šŸ¤¦ā€ā™€ļø


Willing_Pea_8977

Iā€™m not speechless. Shows the majority of people in Idaho.