# Do you live in the Midwest?

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**Created:** [October 19, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-midwest/991795 "2023-10-19T15:35:05Z")\
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There’s a book, called The Nine Nations of North America (which is long in the tooth, but still worth a read), which doesn’t stick to state boundaries, but would probably define the Midwest as the states primarily contained in the area called The Bread-Basket.

[![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YOgXg_NQw0I/SLBLmIFjSlI/AAAAAAAAAkw/M-aqCWQ8-J0/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/map9nationsofnorthamerica.png) ](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YOgXg_NQw0I/SLBLmIFjSlI/AAAAAAAAAkw/M-aqCWQ8-J0/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/map9nationsofnorthamerica.png)

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