What's your favorite Midwestern State?

[Taverner]

I love Iowa - Iowans are always kind, decent folks, their corn is to die for, the women are smart and beautiful, and they almost always vote Blue!

Oh yeah, and Henry A Wallace was from there too!

[bif]

1. Ohio

And I'm from Michigan. I've never met a person from Ohio who wasn't very friendly. I love those folks.

[lizziegrace]

52. I'm kind of partial to Ohio myself!

GO BUCKS!

[Redstone]

2. Iowa by a mile.

Cedar Rapids and the Amana Colonies would be enough by themselves, and there's more.

Redstone

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. Indiana for two reasons and two reasons only

Kurt Vonnegut

Du'er Salin

[ScreamingMeemie]

49. Why, I....I....I....feel slighted.

;)

[ScreamingMeemie]

50. oops

;)

[Broken_Hero]

4. ha, funny...

I have lived in KS, MO, been to OK and AR a few times...and really I don't like any of those states...but if i had to choose one...Missouri i think...but its like comparing rotten apples to rotten oranges for me..:)
except when it come to OK, i hate OK with a passion....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. If Wisconsin is considered midwestern, then it is my fav!

And why?

I was BORN there! The best reason possible......

Illinois comes in second.....I did quite a lot of growing up there......

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

9. Really? where?

I knew you got that good wholesomeness from somewhere! :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. My dear Rev......

How sweet of you! I only lived there for about 5 months, till my dad was drafted into the Army for WWII....

I was born in Ripon while my dad was teaching at Ripon College.

How different my life would have been if we had stayed there......

I made a return trip back in 1991; a kind of mini-Roots thing....

I loved seeing the town. And the house my folks had lived in was still there; the people living there allowed me to come in and have a look!

[RevCheesehead]

17. That's about 100 miles from here.

See? Good stock... you were born in Dairy Air! :rofl:
(say it out loud, quickly)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. Oh I GET it! Esp. with my French major!

You are naughty, my dear Rev! :spank:

[RevCheesehead]

25. Yes, I am...

But just notice which one of us is, um, "smiling." :spank:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. You have lost me, my dear Rev!

I don't understand......I was smiling when I posted that.....

:shrug:

[RevCheesehead]

28. Ah, see - I have probably gotten too much sleep.

This smiley: :spank: The one spanking is frowning, but the one receiving the spanking is smiling. I think I enjoy the punishment almost as much as I enjoy being naughty.

Forgive my mental leaps. They often leave many people behind - including myself. :crazy:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

32. Ah, no worries!

I thank you for the fine explanation.....

I had NOT observed the spanking smileys so carefully!

I applaud your mental leaps, for they are awesome! :applause:

They are also excellent mental exercise, esp. for old ladies like myself...

:silly:

[ForrestGump]

11. Mine, too!

:D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. How cool is that? VERY.......

Where?

You lovely wholesome midwestern boy you! :hi:

[ForrestGump]

41. I've never been there

:D

I just like it.

It has two 'S' sounds, too! :D

And some people say it like Wiss-caaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn-sin. I don't know if that's heresy to the Wisconsinese people, but I always thought it was cool.

[maveric]

30. I was in a crappy part of WI (Kensosha), and I still loved it.

We took a ride along the lake and I found Wisconsin beautiful.

[swag]

44. I like Wisconsin a lot.

I lived in Madison for a year when I was a kid (1964ish, when I was three), then in Black Earth from 1965 - 1969. A perfect setting for an idyllic childhood.

[Blue-Jay]

6. OH, IL, IN. In that order.

I'm from OH, I work in IL, and I live in IN.

I would have added MI, since I like visiting there, but there's this problem I have with this football team in Ann Arbor. Aside from that, Michigan is wonderful.

[The Blue Knight]

8. OH, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa

In that order.

[EstimatedProphet]

7. Missouri

From there. The Ozarks are beautiful. Columbia is a very livable town.

[Dees]

58. I totally agree with you. God how I miss it.

[Gemini Cat]

10. Ohio and Indiana

[qnr]

12. OK - It's always there as a stellar example when I feel the urge to deride

various sorts of stupidity.

[Blue-Jay]

15. You should probably rethink your strategy,

seeing as how Oklahoma isn't considered to be a "midwestern" state.
http://geography.about.com/library/misc/blmidwest.htm

[qnr]

16. Yeah, I know, but I never pass up an opportunity to insult OK, even if

it makes me look foolish.

Edit: I've even fit it into threads on v(u|o)lcanology on other forums.

[Blue-Jay]

18. You could try Kansas!

They got the whole Intelligent Design thing going for them.

[qnr]

19. Well, that just disgusts me, whereas, OK amuses me :) n/t

[CanuckAmok]

31. It's in Central America, isn't it?

Near Bolivia?

[qnr]

33. I always figured it was an Uzbekistani reserve or something n/t

[CanuckAmok]

34. reserve? What are they saving it for?

[qnr]

37. If the US ever threatens to invade them, they'll threaten us with having

to take it back.

[Presidentcokedupfratboy]

13. Illinois

A solidly blue state. 'nuff said.

[LSK]

22. Iowa, where Dean got screwed and then went for Bush

What a state. ;)

[BrewerJohn]

29. I'll have you know that I, my wife, and her parents

all stood up for Dean at caucus here in Johnson County.
And we were one of the closest states in November.
But I'm sure you know all this. ;-)

Gotta go with the OP, especially the part about the women. B-)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

23. How can you all have neglected Minnesota?

>Home of many fine Democrats, including Paul Wellstone, Eugene McCarthy, Walter Mondale, and Hubert Humphrey

>More than 10,000 lakes, many of them surrounded by pines, the Boundary Waters National Park, the North Shore of Lake Superior, and our side of the "driftless" area of the Upper Mississippi River valley (admittedly, we share it with Wisconsin)

>The cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, still gracious cities in many ways, despite their icky suburbs, and home to many fine educational and cultural institutions, such as the University of Minnesota, Macalester College, the Minnesota Orchestra, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and American Public Media (the production arm of Minnesota Public Radio). Lots of live theater, lots of choral music. Great colleges outside the Twin Cities, too, including Carleton and St. Olaf, which are both in the town of Northfield.

> A New England-Scandinavian-German-Irish heritage now being overlaid with a fascinating mix of Latino, Southeast Asian, and East African immigration.

> Garrison Keillor, Al Franken, the Coen Brothers, Jessica Lange, Kevin Sorbo, F.Scott Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis, Judy Garland, Bob Dylan, Mary McCarthy, Gloria Steinem, the Andrews Sisters, John Sanford, and a host of others I haven't had time to recall.

[RevCheesehead]

35. Minnesota is fantastic for many reasons -

but especially for Lydia, KitchenWitch, and HypnoToad. :loveya:

[Left Is Write]

56. Oooh! Pick me!

I may live in Idaho now, and have for five years, but you bet your cheesehead I'm a product of my raisin' in Minnesota!

[Skittles]

24. I love Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin

and have lived in all four :thumbsup:

[Wapsie B]

27. I love things about all midwestern states.

I truly do.

[Appalachian_American]

36. Indiana

just because

[hfojvt]

38. Iowans are so by God stubborn

they can stand touchin' noses for a week at a time
and never see eye to eye.

They are not that decent either. It is a closed society because nobody has moved there since 1915. As one comic said "If you did not make friends with them in Junior High, it's too late." Not only that, but I was there for three years without being able to find a job with benefits. I am not sure if Iowa Owes the World an Apology, but I think those Inbred Oafs Without Affability owe me one, and I would like the $25,000 that I lost on Iowa real estate back too.

[HuskerDU]

51. How very 'decent' of you to say so.

Thanks.

[Hardrada]

39. I am Iowan and Minnesotan

by upbringing and wanderings. Am in Iowa now. Iowans are OK to you if you derive at least part of your income from agriculture (renting a farm or actually farming). In our county the repugs are pretty much the Protestants and some extreme right-to-life Catholics. But the Democrats are pretty much the Catholics. This all goes back to the Civil War I think. Nothing ever changes except the repugs/Protestants finally got outnumbered and lost all the county courthouse jobs.

[B Calm]

40. Wisconsin, love to hear the Loons

But I also like Minnesota for it's fishing..

[ForrestGump]

45. Loons? I've heard there were a lot of crazy people in Wisconsin.

I mean, just look at DU....

[ScreamingMeemie]

47. Hey!!! MrG says that about me too...and that is just NOT True!

Say it again and I'll...I'll...I'll tan your hide...like Ed Gein. :grr:



:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

53. *ahem*

:spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank:

[AngryAmish]

57. State is full of Packer fans, isn't it?

[Burma Jones]

42. Illinois

Home of my Alma Mater and Chicago.....

[Greyhound]

43. Nebraska, friendly folks, easy going highway patrol, sweet water,

flat, straight, smooth highways.

[LaraMN]

46. Whaddaya think?

Minnesota had the highest voter turnout in the nation in 2000, 2002, and 2004, and has voted blue in every election since 1972.

and it has this:

[begin_within]

48. San Diego, California - loaded down with midwesterners. Also Wisconsin.

[UrbScotty]

54. Jennifer Granholm ain't from Illinois or Wisconsin, is she? MICHIGAN! (nt)

[Left Is Write]

55. M-I-N-N-E-S-O-T-A! Minnesota, Minnesota, MINNESOTA!

Did anyone really have to wonder how I would answer this question?

:P