name change‼️
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love getting normal texts from my gf
Give me a map of the midwest how you imagine it, and don't just use state lines, show me how you think the cultural area of the midwest actually exists in the US
Blue dots: cities that come to mind if I'm trying to name a Midwestern city to explain the Midwest to someone
Green dots: other cities among the 120 most populous cities in the US which feel probably Midwestern to me
Orange shaded region: Midwest core
Purple shaded region: yeah sure probably Midwestern but it kind of depends on context (Food? Demographics? Religion? Politics? Music? Natural environment/climate?)
Black dotted line: approximate "upper Midwest" versus "lower Midwest" boundary
Red line: approximate "the South" boundary- yes I guess I believe the South and the Midwest aren't mutually exclusive
Pink circled region: the Great Plains- a unified region which should be included or excluded from the Midwest as a package deal. I typically include it but I don't feel strongly about whether it would be better to consider it a separate but related region. However, if someone thinks the only thing west of the Midwest is The West, then the Great Plains should be in the Midwest, because they are definitely NOT the West.
I thought about some of the qualities people might think about the Midwest and looked up maps for them. Here they are, with the Midwest indicated by that quality circled. Note I am not making claims about whether any of these qualities are good or bad, they're just things that get associated with midwesternness.
"the Midwest is flat"
"the Midwest is not diverse"
"the Midwest was a hub for the Great Migration"
"the Midwest is union states that were not the original colonies or the far west"
"the Midwest has a significant mainline protestant population" (pink ABCUSA, orange ELCA, and green UMC on this map)
"the Midwest is farmland"
"the Midwest has wet summers and dry winters"
"people in the Midwest are of primarily German, Scandinavian, and Native American ancestry"
There are lots of these kinds of things that aren't occurring to me at the moment. But just for fun let's combine these ones into a map! There's a transparent purple layer for each of the previous maps, and a black outline for places that fall into at least 5 of the 8 regions.
Maybe this is the Midwest? Probably better than my first reblog on instinct alone.
I am sad that op never gave me feedback like they did for some others :( I want a good grade in making pictures and interacting with my current favorite theme blog :(
I am sorry I was busy, your midwest is very good
Long Post Lotad
Okay, this post is stupid long thanks to tumblr’s new 30 image limit on individual posts, so if you want to avoid it please blacklist the tag #long lotad or #long post. If you choose to ignore this warning, forge ahead, and end up regretting it, just know that i did warn you up front. Now, without further ado…
Aidan Gallagher as an actor is so funny. there were no awkward first few episodes. no easing into the role. no 'he gets better over time'. my 15 year old man (at the time) showed up and immediately served
Like the guy said. Sometimes the things you need to do to heal might feel silly, but don’t let that stop you.
Heal yourself.
This is so beautiful and affirming.
in depth review of 9 sorts of whiteboard markers assessed on a variety of criteria
well worth a read.
I'm so full of love on this day! if you think you can handle that, click "keep reading" below!
Hold on, let me look something up real quick
Yeah this is funny
Dylan Sprouse really just went to someone’s island to sell his turnips??!?
This is so wholesome, he seems so nice!
The follow up is adorable too. Sweet.
So you won that danimals sweepskate
me, whenever my friend experiences the most minor inconvenience or slight: kill? I kill them? I kill for you? kill? yes? murder? kill? bite? kill?
