Curious City

Are Chicagoans True Midwesterners?

Apr 14, 2022 · 9 min · 23.8 MB
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Geographically, Chicago is smack in the middle of the Midwest. But not
everyone seems to think that’s enough to make us “real” Midwesterners. Is being a
Midwesterner about where you are on a map, or about state of mind? We found that
people’s answer to this question says a lot about how they view Midwestern identity
and the growing urban-rural divide.