Why is "Midwest" called "Midwest"?

Post by **redwolf** » February 15, 2015, 9:29 pm

stattointhailand wrote:Alright then STUPIDITY ....or to have called anything Mid West BEFORE knowing where Far West actually was

Welcome to this new thread to carry on the 'debate' as to why it's NOT STUPID to have called theU> S. Region known as the Midwest, "Midwest",

-yes, inaccurate from a cartographer's viewpoint BUT, that said, -it's actually down to quite a lot of history and 'cultural identity' factors.

Interesting links:
http://www.hourdetroit.com/Hour-Detroit ... f-Midwest/

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/inde ... 231AAsbGQq

http://answers.google.com/answers/threa ... 18897.html

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/top ... iddle-West

RW

Post by **stattointhailand** » February 15, 2015, 9:48 pm

Well, having read that lot Redwolf ..... it has just made me more convinced that I should have won the snickers bar

STUPIDITY is the only answer

Post by **GT93** » February 16, 2015, 1:25 pm

What Brits and Europeans call the Far East is to my west and is the near east or near north for Udon. I'm getting giddy.

Post by **Macca** » February 16, 2015, 2:18 pm

GT93 wrote:What Brits and Europeans call the Far East is to my west and is the near east or near north for Udon. I'm getting giddy.

so what side does your sun rise?

and the deep south is north of Florida, so not that deep really

Post by **stattointhailand** » February 16, 2015, 2:52 pm

Macca wrote:
GT93 wrote:What Brits and Europeans call the Far East is to my west and is the near east or near north for Udon. I'm getting giddy.
so what side does your sun rise?

and the deep south is north of Florida, so not that deep really

GT wont be able to answer that Macca .......... where he comes from the "Sun don't shine"

Post by **Shado** » February 16, 2015, 2:56 pm

What about the Middle East? Wasn't that the near east before? And.........why isn't it in the middle? Most the middle east is in the west of Asia. What could possibly be the only answer?