The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 10 months ago"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldimagemessage-square274fedilinkarrow-up1957arrow-down128
arrow-up1929arrow-down1image"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square274fedilink
minus-squares_s@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoWell, it used to be called the Northwest Territory. Then we expanded even further west and it became the “old west”. Then the “old west” came to mean the Southwest region pre-statehood. So then they became the “Midwest”.
Well, it used to be called the Northwest Territory.
Then we expanded even further west and it became the “old west”.
Then the “old west” came to mean the Southwest region pre-statehood.
So then they became the “Midwest”.