Being a Midwesterner

MattUMASSD · #1 07-03-2003, 12:05 PM

So what are you proud about your reason of the country?

sigmagrrl · #2 07-03-2003, 12:32 PM

Midwesterners are very nice, accommodating, open people. I love their innocence. I spent 3 weeks in Wichita about 3 years ago and would LOVE to go back.

Oh, and some of the most beautiful scenery! Lake of the Ozarks alone is reason enough to move to Missouri!

OUlioness01 · #3 07-03-2003, 12:56 PM

i guess Ohio is midwest...i love how here people are so polite that when they don't undestand something, often they will say please? instead of huh? that can get you into a lot of trouble if please could be a response to the sentence you didn't understand!

SilverTurtle · #4 07-03-2003, 01:01 PM

Yeah I'm in Ohio, too. People are SUPER nice & accommodating in the midwest. Probably they're best trait. They have some yummy desserts. The food itself can be bland, though. And we tend to be chubbier from all of those loooong winters stuck indoors.

I have really been wanting to be on a beach lately. If you couldn't tell from all of my posts.

midwesterngirl · #5 07-03-2003, 02:35 PM

I love the good old fashioned values and common sense of the midwest.I think for the most part ,we midwesterners are very very practical.
Also specifically to the Kansas City area,we are small enough to know our neighbors but big enough to be anonymous if we want.
Also Kansas City has enough high end and low end shopping to suit anyones needs.We have everything from Walmart to Saks.We also have many specialty stores if you want:Armani,Polo,Laura Ashley etc.We have a wonderful symphony and excellent live theater.So it is big if you want it to be and small if you want it to be.

KappaKittyCat · #6 07-03-2003, 02:44 PM

When you walk down the street in the Midwest, total strangers will smile and say hi. It's not creepy; it's considered polite.

Rudey · #7 07-03-2003, 03:19 PM

I rarely see strangers say hi and smile. I've heard of that in the south but nowhere in the midwest. I've been in a lot of states in the midwest and never saw that once.

I think Midwesterners are very close with their friends and that's cool. You see a lot of people who aren't pretentious which is so frigging refreshing.

But at the same time midwesterners are boring. They are born and bred there, and never leave. I was so amazed to see kids who never left the midwest - not even to see other places. I think that might make them sort of close-minded.

And the thing I really disliked about the Midwest is the fact that how big you were mattered. You see really hot girls with FAT guys and good looking guys with plus size girls. That confused the hell out of me.

-Rudey
--Let's not forget the obsession with sausage.

OUlioness01 · #8 07-03-2003, 03:29 PM

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Originally posted by Rudey
But at the same time midwesterners are boring. They are born and bred there, and never leave. I was so amazed to see kids who never left the midwest - not even to see other places. I think that might make them sort of close-minded.

And the thing I really disliked about the Midwest is the fact that how big you were mattered. You see really hot girls with FAT guys and good looking guys with plus size girls. That confused the hell out of me.

oh i'm out of here as soon as i graduate. i love the midwest but i want to experience life somewhere else.

and WHEN is it a bad thing that people aren't caring about looks when they date someone? I think it's awesome!

Rudey · #9 07-03-2003, 03:35 PM

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Originally posted by OUlioness01
oh i'm out of here as soon as i graduate. i love the midwest but i want to experience life somewhere else.

and WHEN is it a bad thing that people aren't caring about looks when they date someone? I think it's awesome!

OK it's not awesome. It doesn't mean they don't care about looks, but that they care about how big the person is. NEVER wil people stop caring about how someone looks...their preferences just change

-Rudey
--I do like all the natural blondes though.

FAB*SpiceySpice · #10 07-03-2003, 03:42 PM

I was born and raised in Omaha, NE and I moved to Missouri for college and I absolutely LOVE both places! Everyone is so friendly, caring, helpful and laid back. My dad moved to a big city down south for a while to a very ritzy neighborhood and it was so strange for me to visit there b/c it was just an *entirely* different world! I love visiting other places, I've been to just about every other state and several other countries and i've enjoyed them all, but in the end I am so glad to call the Midwest my home.

Betarulz! · #11 07-03-2003, 06:33 PM

What's great about being from the Midwest/great plains???

Well I guess you could say a lot is great about us...

No accents (until you get far north)
People are friendlier
You can fuck with people from the Coasts who act just plain retarded. Among the questions I've been asked by Coasters, being completely serious: Do you have indoor plumbing? How is the Indian problem? Do you enjoy the harvest season or is it a lot of work? How many cows do most people own? Can you milk a cow???

Lower cost of living
Basements
Really rocking thunderstorms
People aren't that pretentious or stuck up
Huge GLO houses at Major Universities (and on that note, non-cutthroat rush)

Of course there are some things that aren't so great, and most of that would be lack of mountains or oceans, but we can travel.

justamom · #12 07-04-2003, 12:04 AM

I AM the proverbial "Farmer's Daughter". I LOVE the Midwest. there is NOTHING that can compare to the sun setting on a field of wheat. It shimmers like gold. The evenings (even in August) have a cool breeze that reminds you of what summer nights are all about. The people are earnest and their statements are "matter of fact". There is no need to impress you, because if you haven't made a name in your county by the age of 24, you may have to move SOUTH! I love the Midwest, and if I thought it were in the realm of possibility, I would move back in a heartbeat. Fireflyes, horses, combines and fields of alfalfa...
What more could you want?
"Thank God I'm a Country Boy!" (girl)
John Denver

sugar and spice · #13 07-04-2003, 12:14 AM

I'm totally with you, JAM -- I am a Midwestern girl through and through!

Things I love about the Midwest:

- People are so friendly here. Of course it varies from place to place, but I can say that in almost every Midwestern city or town I visit, everyone is super friendly regardless of whether they know me or not.
- There's very little pretentiousness. Most people are very down to earth. People aren't trying to impress each other with their looks and money and status all the time.
- There's a real sense of community, which I have also witnessed in the South but not so much on the coasts. This may be due to the abundance of small towns where everybody knows everybody.
- Beautiful, beautiful scenery.
- We have the least annoying, most understandable accents -- which is why the majority of national newscasters have Midwestern accents.
- The variety in weather. We get four distinct seasons, and where else does it go from 40 below zero to 110 above within a span of six months?

And ditto Betarulz on the awesome thunderstorms, not being one of the more ignorant people from the coasts who asks questions like, "Where's Wisconsin? Is that by Montana?" and the big Greek systems which often have the strength of many Southern ones without the same amount of cut-throat-ness.

Hootie · #14 07-04-2003, 02:11 AM

I'm a BORN and RAISED midwestern girl....or even HEARTLAND girl. I love the midwest. We're the friendliest people you'll ever meet. But yes, sometimes people take advantage of us because we're so trusting. But overall we're awesome

Dionysus · #15 07-04-2003, 11:54 AM

I lived in the midwest all my life and never been on either coast.

I have visited the south (MS,TN, and LA) on occasion. My experience living in the midwest is in direct contrast from what I read above, because I'm close to a city. It's cool how I can just travel 30 minutes outside my area and find myself in a completely different environment.

+'s
We are very laid back.
No hurricanes!
Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City
If you're into the outdooors, you don't have to worry about too many weird insects, scorpians, bears, alligators/crocadiles, etc.