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[–] JJROKCZ 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yes the Illinois/Missouri/Iowa group could be nothing other than Midwest, I don’t know how those aren’t 100%. We’re the poster children of Midwest

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Missouri is pretty Southern culturally, due to all the racism.

[–] JJROKCZ 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh I know, I live here, it’s still IN the Midwest though. STL and KC are at least decent cities, the rest of the state is horrible though

[–] Piecemakers3Dprints 5 points 1 year ago

St. Louis is actually referred to (by its tourism board, at least) as "The Gateway to The West". So, if it's not mid west, I don't know what they're thinking.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

similarly, there's a good chunk of Southern Illinois that is basically indistinguishable from Kentucky.. same for Indiana..

[–] tasty4skin 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

my guess is that the 4.7% of missourians saying no are all in the ozarks/boot heel

[–] JJROKCZ 5 points 1 year ago

Nah, they can’t read

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

There's a big cultural divide for Illinois, Chicago isn't very "Midwest" compared to downstate.