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Middle America is contrasted with the more culturally progressive, urban areas of the country, particularly, those of the East and West Coasts. The conservative values considered typical of Middle America (often called "family values" in American politics) are often called "Middle American values". [1] [failed verification] [2]
The term West was applied to the region in British America and in the early years of the United States, when the colonial territories had not extended far from the Atlantic coast and the Pacific seaboard was generally unknown. By the early 19th century, anything west of Appalachia was considered American frontier.
Today, the Midland is considered a transitional dialect region between the South and Inland North; however, the "South Midland" is a sub-region that phonologically speaking fits more with the South and even employs some Southern vocabulary, for example, favoring y'all as the plural of you, whereas the rest of the (North) Midland favors you guys.
U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions. Since 1950, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. [1] [2] The Census Bureau region definition is "widely used... for data collection and analysis", [3] and is the most commonly used classification system.
The term heartland often invokes imagery of rural areas, such as this wheat field in Kansas. Iowa terrain. The heartland, when referring to a cultural region of the United States, is the central land area of the country, [1] usually the Midwestern United States [2] or the states that do not border the Atlantic or Pacific oceans, [3] associated with mainstream or traditional values, such as ...
The keystone, a center stone at the top of an arch or lock that holds things together, is an apt metaphor for the state considered the birthplace of independence, where the first and second ...
Middle America (United States), a region of the United States representing the country's interior and non-urban "heartland" American middle class, a social class in the United States; Midwestern United States, region representing the north-central parts of the United States "Middle America" (song), a song by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
A Midlands school district approved not one, but two plans for altering where its students will go to school in the future. Now voters will decide which plan goes into effect after a bond ...