Read this question that was asked by someone that is really close minded.

How could anyone live in the Midwest? It’s soooo boring!?

I just think about Nebraska or Iowa or Indiana or anywhere else in the Midwest and ewwww… I get nauseous. I would feel so disoriented being so far from the ocean. The sea is the center of the world, of life, and one needs it to feel centered and balanced.
And the Great Lakes are NO substitute for the ocean!

I live near Boston, such a fantastic city. New York’s not far away, we have the awesome coastline (which gets nicer north of Boston), nice forests, smallish but scenic mountains close by, etc. Europe is only 6 hrs. away by plane–why would you ever live in the Midwest when you could live in, say, Boston?

I mean, sure, Chicago’s a pretty cool city, but it’s a cultural oasis–drive west from the city and soon you’re in the endless, flat fields that go on forever, and there’s nothing worth seeing until you hit Denver.
Is there anything to the Midwest aside from monotonous rural drudgery and grimy, depressed industrial cities? Don’t you in the Midwest feel the need to escape??

How can this person stereotype the entire midwest. And, where does she get these weird views? Like “grimy, depressed industrial cities”. How are NYC and Boston not industrial? And, where would she even get the idea that our cities are grimy and depressed-when they are some of the nicest cities in America?

“Chicago’s a pretty cool city, but it’s a cultural oasis–drive west from the city and soon you’re in the endless, flat fields that go on forever, and there’s nothing worth seeing until you hit Denver”

Do you think that she has actually been west of the midwest? What’s after Denver? Endless deserts and mountains, with a statistically lower population than the midwest and east coast.

“nice forests, smallish but scenic mountains close by”

She’s probably never been to Missouri. There are forests all over the place, the Ozark Mountains, beautiful rolling prairie, scenic lakes, and much more. Southern Illinois is very hilly, and has the Shawnee National Forest. Southern Indiana is very beautiful, with rolling hills, ridges, and forests. Iowa and Nebraska also have many scenic areas. Michigan has small mountains. Every state has it’s own beauty.

“Europe is only 6 hrs. away by plane”

True, but it’s a jet, it goes pretty fast. Plus, us midwesterners have an advantage over east and west coasters. We are centrally located. Nothing is ever too far from us.

“why would you ever live in the Midwest when you could live in, say, Boston?”

It is not possible for everyone in America to live near the coast. And, not all of the best cities, towns, and scenic areas are along the coast. Plus, not everyone likes living near the ocean.

“The sea is the center of the world, of life, and one needs it to feel centered and balanced.”

This doesn’t make any sense. Even though the oceans do cover 71 percent of the Earth, not all of Earth’s creatures live in the ocean. All the people I know don’t feel any healthier living near the ocean. It doesn’t make a (noticeable) difference.

Bottom line. Do you think that this person has a weird hatred towards the midwest? She hasn’t even been everywhere in the midwest, so how can she get disgusted by it?

Sweet_Di: That’s exactly what my mom and I thought! She is a complete idiot.

I live in St. Louis, and I like it much more than many cities on the east and west coast.

fairfield county, connecticut
wow.
love it.
lived there for ten yrs.
ever heard of it?
live there?