<p>Haha!<br>
Really, though, I don’t think I’m being arbitrary in bounding the “Midwest” by Denver and Pittsburgh. Culturally as well as geographically, Pittsburgh probably has as much in common with Cleveland or Chicago as it does with Philadelphia. Denver is more of a distinct “Rocky Mountain” entity, but at what point driving west in Kansas do we want to say the Midwest ends? At the Colorado border? </p>
<p>Anyway, Colorado College is an ACM school (Associated Colleges of the Midwest). Though it’s a long way west from its nearest ACM neighbors in Iowa.</p>