What Is It About the Mid-West?

[Unimatic1140]

Those who live in glass houses...

After reading this post and mostly rolling my eyes at a lot of the nonsense it contains, I can sum it up like this.

I was born and raised in New Jersey, and I went to high school down near Miami, Florida and I lived in NYC for over a decade. I moved to Minneapolis 11 years ago now and have never been happier. I can't imagine ever leaving Minneapolis as it is such a nice place to live. It's just easier here all around, less traffic, less annoyances, it's a beautful clean and green city, politically they have gotten it right for the most part and I have never had as many good friends as I have here. As for the climate, for someone who is a weather watcher and finds climate fascinating, its has the most varied climate in the entire country, now anything less would be simply boring and unfulfilling. If find it a bit irnoic that the ones who are putting our wonderful part of the country in a poor light are all coming from places that you couldn’t pay me to live in.

 

[fnelson487]

Ooh Ooh!!! Let me add my two cents

For what it is worth. I have traveled the world from Australia to St. Petersburg. I was born and raised in the Midwest and lived for 21 years in California. I chose to move back to the Midwest and my home of Chicago because I dearly missed it and the change of seasons for 21 years. Did I enjoy the 70 degree sunshine? Yep, but it got boring. And I can visit it whenever I want. I will probably spend the worst part of the winter somewhere warm, but the other three seasons will find me back here by a lake.

Here is what I love about the Midwest.

-Folks are straight-shooters, they may not be your best bud right away, but when they become your friend, they are a true friend for life.
-Chicago has some of the best culture in the world (and shopping)
-I am in as much awe of looking out over a fresh snowfall as I am when the daffodils come up in the spring.
-The Midwest is a ethnic and cultural melting pot.

I guess to each his own. But I never got the Midwest out of my system, and after having been back from California for almost seven years, I have never looked back.

 

[DADoES]

I've only lived in Texas. ;-)

 

[rickr]

Chicago is a VERY cool city. One of the best in the Mid-West for sure.

 

[jetcone]

I love those Prairie

hikes you take me on, Robert

Heck, my paw was reared on the Prairie.

Please disregard the fact I am a dyed in the wool Yankee, born in Boston on Paul Revere Day!

>>>NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THAT "metric-monday" HOLIDAY "PATRIOTS DAY"!!!!!!<<<<< EECCYUCK!

 

[abcomatic]

In the country

I live in the Illinois in a small town of 850. I don't really think that we are backward dolts who have never had an original thought. We vote for the same candidate for pres. like everyone else does; we have phones and electricity too, imagine that! If people are in need, folks turn out to help and don't expect anything back in return and the list goes on. Just my thoughts on the subject. Gary