When early settlers traveled west they hit the Rockies and decided that was as far as they felt like going in horse and buggy, so they called it “the West” even though it was fully within the east half of the continent.
Believe me, you are not the first person to be bothered by the fact that, from east to west, the four regions of the US are “east coast”, “Midwest”, “central”, and “west”
It’s the middle of the west, so basically Nevada, Idaho and Utah.
I’ve always hated this term not making any sense (and fuck “it [the east] was west like 3 trillion years ago when nobody could walk west because of an invisible wall”) so you can’t change my mind.
I’d like to see a heat map of where people say the midwest is.
Close:
So then what are Idaho and Montana (and Utah)? Great Basin is the closest I can think of and I’m pretty sure Montana isn’t totally in it.
ah yes the north east, perfect for the “mid west” descriptor
When early settlers traveled west they hit the Rockies and decided that was as far as they felt like going in horse and buggy, so they called it “the West” even though it was fully within the east half of the continent.
Believe me, you are not the first person to be bothered by the fact that, from east to west, the four regions of the US are “east coast”, “Midwest”, “central”, and “west”
Worse, the old old West was the Appalachians.
It’s the middle of the west, so basically Nevada, Idaho and Utah.
I’ve always hated this term not making any sense (and fuck “it [the east] was west like 3 trillion years ago when nobody could walk west because of an invisible wall”) so you can’t change my mind.