The Picard Maneuver to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 8 months ago"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldimagemessage-square278fedilinkarrow-up1994
arrow-up1994image"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 8 months agomessage-square278fedilink
minus-square@s_slink33•edit-28 months agoWell, it used to be called the Northwest Territory. Then we expanded even further west and it became the “old west”. Then the “old west” came to mean the Southwest region pre-statehood. So then they became the “Midwest”.
Well, it used to be called the Northwest Territory.
Then we expanded even further west and it became the “old west”.
Then the “old west” came to mean the Southwest region pre-statehood.
So then they became the “Midwest”.
This makes me wanna play some red dead