<p>Is it really as bad as it seems? Especially those how live in real Midwest areas like Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, the Dakotas, Iowa, etc. Clearly people who live in Chicago or some major city will have a different view. As a whole I think the Great Lakes region is a lot different than other Midwest areas.</p>
<p>Just realized I missed the question mark. Don’t eat me grammar Nazis, it’s late.</p>
<p>NE Kansas, suburban–it’s about 90% white, upper middle class, somewhat conservative (though more liberal than the rest of this area), suburban types, fast residential growth area, decently good public school systems, soccer, golf, mowed lawns, low crime, all the houses look the same. Weather is like, hot summers, cold winters–it’s okay. Hurricane season kinda blows, but the beaches are nice (wait…nvm). It’s a nice place to live, but kinda boring and uneventful–people here call it the “bubble”.</p>
<p>Urban dictionary: “The JC. It’s the Orange County of middle America. Go ahead, drive through; you won’t even believe you’re in Kansas anymore.”</p>
<p>Driving west it’s basically nothing but farmland.</p>
<p>^ what happened to the chat =/</p>
<p>I live in a suburb in SW Minnesota. A lot of the people here really like it, but try as I might, I don’t. Few people move here; few people leave. I feel like we lack any interesting culture. At least 3/4 of the people I know are either Catholic or Lutheran with a cabin “up north” where they go every weekend. Nothing is wrong with that, but there is no variety. A college setting would be different, with everyone being new and all, but I don’t feel like I’ll ever fit in like everyone else. People are either “Minnesota nice” (Wikipedia it…) or extremely loud and big headed. Minneapolis, especially Uptown, is pretty good though.</p>
<p>And now the Midwest as a whole… Nebraska reminds me of Minnesota, just with a lot more farms. Iowa gives me the same impression, but it has several surprisingly good college towns/cities. I just visited St. Louis recently and enjoyed it thoroughly. If I stay in the Midwest, it’ll be there. They seem to be friendlier and have a more vibrant culture. Depending on the area, Illinois can be quite boring, or interesting. </p>
<p>Basically, I would hate to live here (MN) for the rest of my life. I like travel, culture, variation. The Midwest does have many great cities. I’m considering colleges in some of them. I, personally, am avoiding NE, IA, and MN. Hope that helped… it’s just my opinions :)</p>
<p>Yeah I think that is the biggest problem with a lot of the midwest. (And south.) Too much of the High School is the highlight of my life type of culture. People do not move which sucks.</p>
<p>wut wut Michigan. I live in the suburbs of Detroit always say it’s so boring and that I want to raise my kids somewhere more exciting. The more I think about it, it really doesn’t matter. It’s not like if I live on Long Island I’m going to be in NYC every day. Day to day life is pretty similar anywhere you live.
In terms of Michigan, there are aspects of life here that I do enjoy. The cost of living is fairly reasonable, people are pretty laid back, and the air and drinking water are clean. </p>
<p>I mean, seriously. People from out of state come to Michigan and comment on the quality of our drinking water. It has flouride in it or something.</p>
<p>I think all U.S. public water has fluoride in it. :)</p>
<p>At least mine does.</p>
<p>What is Detroit like? Can you compare it to other cities? Is it really a dying city. I have heard from friends that have visited there that it really is a ghost town. They said there are empty neighborhoods everywhere and skyscrapers just sitting vacant.</p>
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<p>nope, i dont believe you.</p>
<p>detroit- it’s really not as bad as they say. i mean it is, but it isn’t. there are many abandoned buildings as you drive in. they’re trying to fix it up, but it’s hard, especially with the economy and all. the immidiate area in detroit where the nightlife is (around ford field/comerica park, cobo hall, etc.) it’s fixed up pretty nice. i’m not saying i would like to live in the area–i never would. but, it’s nice sometimes to spend a sunday at whatever festival or fair they have going on. i know people who frequent there to go to the fox theatre and dinner. there are a lot of nice resturants and bars.
the bottom line is, you wouldn’t want to live there, but it’s nice to drive in every now and then.</p>
<p>smile, hmm? 10char</p>
<p>hmm is not an answer!</p>
<p>there wasn’t a question</p>
<p>nah nah nah nah</p>
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<p>i forgot the question mark. but it does start with “what”!</p>
<p>It’s true Smilemyonly, Johnson County is the OC of the Midwest. Especially if you are from the southern area of that county (blue valley) which I will guess that’s where generallyrong is from.</p>
<p>Mmm <em>nods</em>. You?</p>
<p>yes i am from jc</p>
<p>Interesting… I only know of one other jc kid on cc.</p>
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<p>Wow, you hit the nail on the head. I live in south central Minnesota and agree with EVERY single thing you said. Everyone’s either Catholic or Lutheran, has a cabin up north, and just plans on going to community college, or if they’re lucky, the state college. No one leaves, no one moves here (except a LOT of hispanic families). There’s really no ambition where I’m from. People think I’m crazy I want to go to school out of state; this just isn’t plausible in their eyes.</p>
<p>I live in Fort Wayne, Indiana so it’s not like I’m living in the country country. There are parts that are farm-like, but overall it’s not a total hicksville.</p>
<p>It’s not a bad city to live in and in fact, Fort Wayne’s neighbor town New Haven just won the 2nd most affordable city in the nation. </p>
<p>We have all 4 seasons, which I really like. We have a decent downtown. New Baseball Team and Baseball diamond DOWNTOWN. A coliseum for concerts, etc. Two awesome malls, Glenbrook Square and Jefferson Pointe (outdoorsy mall, looks like you’re in Italy or something). A really good zoo, I think one of the best in the country.</p>
<p>Overall, it’s a nice place to live if you like the suburban atmosphere. Not all of the midwest is total country living.</p>