The order of these is irrelevant...
It should be noted that people have different opinions of where the Midwest is. Some say that Indiana is not in the Midwest and I do not agree. The way I see it is that the Midwest is from the Dakotas down to Kansas...across to Indiana (not including Kentucky) up through Western Ohio leaving Wisconsin and Minnasota up for debate.
1. Obviously the weather. Freezing in the Winter...Hotter than Satans Heel in the Summer...and sometimes skipping through the good months of Fall and Spring.
2. We are landlocked. Not that I am a huge beach goer, but I would like to sit and stare at large bodies of water from time to time.
3. A lot of Midwesterners walk around with an inferiority complex...like we have something to prove. Through over compensation the inferiority complex manifests into what can only be described as a smarmy, elitist attitude. We aint got nothing to prove to no body. We are great. We are the salt of the earth.
4. Everything looks the same. Its not exactly flat like a ballroom floor, but its pretty close. If you want to go skiing around here (again, not a big skier) you go to places like Hidden Valley or Paoli Peak. Skiing in a valley and Paoli does NOT have a peak. God does not always provide us with the appropriate precipitation so we make it ourselves with machines.
I wouldn't mind a little variation...a hill here...a mountain there...maybe I would take up hiking as a hobby...throw on some short khaki shorts and some Merrells and make a day of it...isn't hiking just walking around though? Thats not a hobby!
5. If you have liberal views on anything in life and don't live in Chicago people whisper behind your back..."don't mind him, he is too young to know what is really going on"
6. Can't get a good bowl of clam chowder around here. That really creases me.
7. We get movies around the same time as Sri Lanka does. The Darjeeling Limited was out for a month before we got to see it. Stick the film reel in a truck drive it 60mph until you reach the middle. Its not only the Darjeeling Limited...good movies take forever to get here.
8. Once you are in the Midwest you don't leave the Midwest. (this is also on my list of 10 Things I Love About the Midwest)
9. Its hard to write 10 things you hate about a place you actually enjoy.
10. The months of August and January here are enough to make a grown man cry.
(NEXT: 10 THINGS IO LOVE ABOUT LIVING IN THE MIDWEST)
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