• WestHej@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    32
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    So North-Central. Got it. (Am not American and don’t know American history very well)

    • JackbyDev@programming.dev
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      9
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      1 year ago

      When I was in highschool I thought Midwest referred to California and stuff because it’s the middle (North south wise) and in the west.

    • joel_feila@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      It called the midwest from a time a ago when the Mississippi river was the western edge. USA grew a bit and then more but the name stayed the same.