Sorry bud, this is CartographyAnarchy, not just plain Cartography. Please post such accurate maps there rather than this joke place :)
You think this is BS?
West Virginia isn’t even the furthest west Virginia… And there are only 2 of them.
Yeah as a Kansan I always just assumed I was Midwest since… well… I’m as mid as it gets…
I recognize that I’m Central and not west though , feels like Midwest should really be Colorado/Nevada etc. Certainly doesn’t make any sense for those northeastern states to be called Midwest though.
Did Canada take back the top bit at some point?
Ceded by treaty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_1818
Put the center of the compass in NY and it all works.
This. Our country was originally established on the east coast. Anything off the coastline was considered “west.” But knowing just how massive our country is now, we have the true west (left half of the country) and then the mid-west (anything not on the east coast, but not on the left half of the country).
Our basis for cardinal locations is centered around the concept of our nation slowly expanding “out west” from the east coast.
It was the west before the entire Continent was explored. For you youngsters there was a time when they didn’t know where the other side of the landmass was.
And by “they”, we mean invaders from Europe, specifically.
I highly doubt that Native Americans from the east coast knew where the west coast was, either.
They were just a bunch of ignorant savages, after all. It’s as absurd as a medieval society having heard about China!
/S because you apparently literally believe that
I’m glad I don’t live in a mind that immediately turns so hostile. Must be tiresome.
People on the east coast of what is now the United States did not have horses and were not very migratory. They probably did not travel far. I’m sure they had an understanding that there was a west coast due to interactions with other tribes. That doesn’t mean they knew where it was.
Even if I’m wrong on any points, this is hardly a racist view.
There were East-West trade routes before European settlers showed up.
The Inca people of South America famously built a 25,000 mile long road, and they didn’t have horses, so access to horses is not a prerequisite for long distance travel.
Remember how the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds were in the Western Division of the National League? I remember it sticking out like a sore thumb. Same division teams, ATL vs LA or SD or SF on opposite ends of four, count 'em, four timezones.
EDIT: Then the Chicago Cubs were on the Eastern Division of the National League, while the White Sox were on the Western Division of the American.
We should rename it the “middle east”
This is because names are with relation to the center of power.
So to europeans, the middle east is well, middle east, from europe.
While to east coast americans, the midwest is well, the middle west, compared to the original colonies.
This is what happens when you use naming systems from the powerful instead of just using local names.
So to europeans, the middle east is well, middle east, from europe.
Europe splits it into “near east” (Turkey, UAE, Iran), “middle east” (Afghanistan, India) and “far east” (China).
i was about to say that this its like calling West Asia the “Middle East”.
or one of the easternmost indian states being called “West Bengal”.
For the latter it is because the East Bengal is the independent country of Bangladesh
Haliburton has entered the chat.
Haliburton has rebuilt the chat.
The “private security” company that Haliburton hired is allegedly doing sketchy things to the native chat members.
