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People in Michigan don't think they're in the same region as Nebraska.  People in Nebraska don't think they're in the same region as Michigan[/quote]

100% wrong[/quote]

100% right. No one from Detroit including myself considers Nebraska  as part of the same region. My colleague from Nebraska — and my husband’s family who were original European settlers in Nebraska do not think of Michigan as part of the same region.

Generally states that were part of the Louisiana purchase that people consider  midwestern are actually plains states. Listen to weather reports. That’s how they distinguish them from the former (north) states (eg, Michigan) — that is, the ones generally east of The Mississippi River. After the Louisiana Purchase, those states became the Midwest bc they were between the new West and the East. [/quote]

Oh stop with the Louisiana Purchase. I bet I’ve lived in the Midwest & Mich longer than you. I will agree that you can make a distinction between Great States & Plains States, but those are 2 parts of the Midwest. I’ve heard Michiganders identify as Midwesterners countless times. Never heard a Michigander say he was a “Great Lakesian” or other name representing the 5 Great Lakes states. [/quote]

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