South vs. North?

[AGDee]

Yes, they stick Michigan in the midwest category. I've wondered why for a long time. We aren't West of much, except the Appalachians. Do they not want to have a Mid East region because of the geo-political issues in the Middle East of the world?

The Detroit metro area was the most segregated in the country per this Detroit News article: http://detnews.com/specialreports/20...b03-390169.htm Other major citites that were on the list were all around the Great Lakes.

[susan314]

Originally Posted by AGDee

Yes, they stick Michigan in the midwest category. I've wondered why for a long time. We aren't West of much, except the Appalachians. Do they not want to have a Mid East region because of the geo-political issues in the Middle East of the world?

I think that the terminology stems from the Northwest Territories - so perhaps at the time the "midwest" label started, we were more towards the "middle" of the west? (Before all of those more Western states became part of the US.)

Though I did see something referenced about the midwest starting as west of the Allegheny River.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by AGDee

Yes, they stick Michigan in the midwest category. I've wondered why for a long time. We aren't West of much, except the Appalachians. Do they not want to have a Mid East region because of the geo-political issues in the Middle East of the world?

The Detroit metro area was the most segregated in the country per this Detroit News article: http://detnews.com/specialreports/20...b03-390169.htm Other major citites that were on the list were all around the Great Lakes.

That is a really interesting story. Neither Atlanta or (Boston at least racially I guess) is as segregated as we thought.