• DrChickenbeer@artemis.camp
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    1 year ago

    As someone born and raised in the Midwest (Ohio and Illinois) and is currently a resident on the West Coast (Oregon), the way I define it is as such: if there is corn, it’s the Midwest. If there are cowboys on horses, it’s the west or southwest. Does your state touch the Atlantic or Pacific? That’s what coast you are on (Hawaii and Alaska excepted).

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      1 year ago

      As someone who has spent most of their life in Ohio, but grew up in New Jersey … there is a lot of corn in New Jersey.

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      1 year ago

      So PA is a weird one because it’s so wide.

      Yes, Philly is undoubtedly on the east coast.

      But Pittsburgh is on the other side of the mountains.

      I wouldn’t call Pittsburgh the “east coast”.