>>68372895>>68372473>exactly what the midwestMostly refers the Northern/Central states that are close to the Canadian border; like Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, North Dakota, South Dakota, etc
The term is very acquainted tho and pre-dates a lot of a western-ward expansion. Because as you can see on a map, a lot of these states are neither in the middle nor near the west, in fact most of them arguably in the east lol
